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PUBLISHED PAPERS

Operation Of Power Semiconductors at their Thermal Limit -
Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, October 1998
R. G. Rodriques, D.E. Piccone, W.H. Tobin, , L.W. Willinger, J.A. Barrow, and T.A. Hansen

MTO™ Thyristor Power Switches -
Power Systems World'97
R.G. Rodriques, D.E. Piccone, A. Huang, and R.W. DeDoncker

A Very High Voltage, Large Area MTO™ Thyristor (MOS Turn Off Thyristor) for PEBB Applications
Government Microcircuit Applications Conference, GOMAC, 10-13 March 1997, Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada (Session 13), Digest of Papers, pp. 437-440.
R.G. Rodriques, D.E. Piccone, A. Huang, and R.W. DeDoncker

The MTO™ Thyristor, a New High Power BiPolar MOS Thyristor -
Conference Record, Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, October 1996
D.E. Piccone, R.W. DeDoncker, J.A. Barrow, and W.H. Tobin

Selecting Fuses for Power Semiconductor Devices - IEEE Industry Applications Magazine,
September/October 1996
L.O. Eriksson, D.E. Piccone, L.J. Willinger and W.H. Tobin

MTO™ Thyristor - A MOS Turn Off Disc-Type Thyristor for High Voltage Power Conversion.
Proceedings of the IEEE's Industrial Applications Society Meeting, Orlando FL, 1995
D.E. Piccone, J.A. Barrow, W.H. Tobin, and R.W. DeDoncker,

15 kV Medium Voltage Static Power Transfer Switch -
Conference Record of IEEE Industry Applications Society, October 1995
J.W. Schwartzenberg and R.W. De Doncker

Power Semiconductors, Examination of Subsybcycle Surge Currents as Needd for Fuse Selection,
Conference Record, IEEE Industry Applications Society, October 1993
L.O. Eriksson, D.E. Piccone, L.J. Willinger and W.H. Tobin

Power Semiconductors, A New Method for Predicting the On-State Characteristic and Temperature Rise During Multi-Cycle Fault Currents -
Conference Record of IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, October 1993
I.L. Somos, D.E. Piccone, L.J. Willinger and W.H. Tobin

Power Semiconductors, Empirical Diagrams Expressing Life as a Function of Temperature Excursion -
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics January, 1993
I.L. Somos, D.E. Piccone and L.J. Willinger and W.H. Tobin

Assignment of Turn-on and Turn-off Power and Energy Losses in a GTO
IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, May/June 1991
L.O. Eriksson, J.F. Donlon, R.S. Chokhawala

Pilot Breakover Protecting Thyristor for High Voltage Applications
PCIM Power Quality Conference 1989
L.O. Eriksson

Two-Dimensional Heat Flow in a GTO Having a Highly Interdigitated Emitter
1989 Semitherm Proceedings
I.L. Somos, D.E. Piccone and W.H. Tobin

Plasma Spreading Loss in 100 mm Thyristors -
PCIM June 1988
I.L. Somos, D.E. Piccone and W.H. Tobin

A Thermal Analogue of Higher Accuracy and Factory Test Method for Predicting and Supporting Thyristor Fault Suppression Ratings -
IEEE Industry Applications Society October 1988
D.E. Piccone, L.O. Eriksson, Dr. J.Urbanek, W.H. Tobin and I.L. Somos

Thermal Resistance Measurements for Design and Quality Control Check of Disk -Type Semiconductors -
Satech '88
L.O. Eriksson and K.G. Longenecker

Thermal and Electrical Interface Considerations for High Power Disk Semiconductors Summary of Industry Mounting and Assembly Practices -
Satech '87
L.O. Eriksson and Kenneth G. Longenecker

New Design Goals for Improved Two-Phase Immersion Cooling of Power Thyristors
PCIM August 1987
L.O. Eriksson, D.L. Mueller and W.H. Tobin

Understanding di/dt Ratings and Life Expectancy for Thyristors -
PCIM Feb. 1986
I.L. Somos, L.O. Eriksson and W.H. Tobin

A Light Triggered pilot Thyristor for High Voltage Applications -
Satech '86
L.O. Eriksson and F.A. Selim

Structured Copper: A Pliable High Conductance Material for Bonding to Silicon Power Devices -
IEEE Trans. Components, etc., Vol. CHMI 6, No. 4, Dec. 1982
Homer H. Glascock and Harold F. Webster

Power Loss in Large Area Thyristors Designed for 50-60 Hz Phase Control Rectifier Circuit
Conference Record of the IEEE Industry Applications Society, October 1981
W.H. Tobin, I.L. Somos, D.E. Piccone, R.O. Fulton and L.O. Eriksson

Properties of Thyristors During Trigger and Turn-On Basic for the Design and Optimization of the Gate Pulse Supply -
Power Conversion International, March 1981
L.O. Eriksson and W.H. Tobin