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Dedication

The author would like to dedicate this book to his wife, Pratima, for her selfless and unreserved support during the time devoted to the development of the SL-MOSFET technology as well as the time taken to prepare its exposition in this tome.

About the Author

Professor Baliga is an internationally renowned scientist, prollfic author of 10 books and over 500 publications. He has been granted more than 100 U.S. Patents. In recognition of his invention and commercialization of the Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor [IGBT), Scientific American Magazine named him one of the Eight Heroes of the...