What is Dead time?
A short interval during which both the upper and lower switches of an inverter are off while switching between them. It prevents both from being on at once and shorting the supply.
Field: Power semiconductors
Dead time in the explanations
Dead time is a period with both off to prevent this—several µs for IGBTs, tens to hundreds of ns for SiC and GaN.
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SiC (silicon carbide) GaN (gallium nitride) Body diode DC-DC converter Gate driver IGBT Normally-off On-resistance Power MOSFET Short-circuit withstand time