Introduction to Power Semiconductor Switches

Dr. Bart Van Zeghbroeck is a professor of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he has been since 1990. He holds both an MS and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from CU. Before joining the university, he worked as a researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, CO, and at IBM in Rüschlikon, Switzerland. His expertise lies in semiconductor devices, and he is the author of the online textbook “Principles of Semiconductor Devices.” His research primarily focuses on III-V optoelectronic devices and circuits, silicon optoelectronics, silicon carbide bipolar transistors, and the growth of cubic silicon carbide. During his time away from CU, he managed several startup companies, including serving as CTO for PowerSiCel and CEO for BaSiC 3C. From 2009 to 2016, he directed the Colorado Nanofabrication Laboratory, part of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network. Dr. Van Zeghbroeck has published 114 peer-reviewed articles and holds 22 patents.