A 120-W boost converter operation using a high-voltage GaN-HEMT

Wataru Saito; Tomohiro Nitta; Yorito Kakiuchi; Yasunobu Saito; Kunio Tsuda; Ichiro Omura; Masakazu Yamaguchi

doi:10.1109/LED.2007.910796

A 120-W boost converter operation using a high-voltage GaN-HEMT

Wataru Saito, Tomohiro Nitta, Yorito Kakiuchi, Yasunobu Saito, Kunio Tsuda, Ichiro Omura, Masakazu Yamaguchi

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Abstract

A boost converter with a 940-V/4.4 A GaN-HEMT as the main switching device was demonstrated to show the possibility of using high-voltage GaN-HEMTs in power electronic applications. The demonstrated circuit achieved an output power of 122 W and a power efficiency of 94.2% under a drain peak voltage as high as 350 V and a switching frequency of 1 MHz. The dual field-plate structure realized high-voltage switching operation with high power efficiency as dynamic on-resistance was suppressed by an increase of the current collapse phenomena.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8-10
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Electron Device Letters
Volume	29
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LED.2007.910796
Publication status	Published - Jan 2008
Externally published	Yes

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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