Wide and narrow bandgap semiconductors for power electronics: A new valuation

Journal of Electronic Materials, Jun 2003 by Hudgins, Jerry L

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This work was supported by the U.S. Office of Naval Research under Grant No. N00014-00-1-0131.

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JERRY L. HUDGINS

Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. E-mail: j.hudgins@ieee.org