Power Semiconductor Devices

4 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: None. Enforced Prerequisite: EECS 320 or EECS 421; No OP/F; or graduate standing. Minimum grade requirement of “C” for enforced prerequisite. (4 credits) Introduction to power semiconductor devices. Analysis of DC and switching behavior of power MOSFETs, IGBT, HEMT, thyristor, Schottky diode, PiN diode, and emerging devices. Power semiconductor materials, device fabrication, packaging, and thermal modeling. Use of commercial numerical simulation software to model power device performance.