B. Jayant Baliga

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B. Jayant Baliga (born April 28, 1948 in Chennai ) is an Indian electrical engineer who is one of the inventors of the bipolar transistor with insulated gate electrode (IGBT), a major innovation in power electronics that he developed at General Electric .

His father played an important role in the development of the Indian electronics industry. Baliga studied at the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras with a bachelor's degree in 1969 and received his master's degree in 1971 from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , where he received his doctorate in 1974. He then worked at the General Electric Research Center in Schenectady until 1979. He was also adjunct professor at Rensselaer Polytech from 1974 to 1980. From 1979 to 1988 he was a manager at the General Electric Research Center (he led the development of power electronics) and in 1988 he became a professor at North Carolina State University . Since 1991 he was director of the Power Semiconductor Research Center there. In 1997 he became a Distinguished University Professor.

He deals with semiconductor elements and integrated circuits in power electronics and integrated circuits. His development of the IGBT also resulted in significant energy savings in the electricity industry. He holds over 120 patents.

He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the IEEE . In 1991 he received the IEEE Newell Award, in 1993 the IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award , in 1998 the IEEE JJ Ebers Award and in 1999 the IEEE Lamme Medal. In 2011 he received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation and in 2014 the IEEE Medal of Honor . In 2016 he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame . He received General Electric's highest research award for being a Coolidge Fellow.

Fonts

  • The IGBT Device: Physics, Design and Applications of the Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor, Elsevier, 2015.
  • Fundamentals of Power Semiconductor Devices, Springer Science, 2008.
  • Advanced Power MOSFET Concepts, Springer Science, 2010.
  • Advanced Power Rectifier Concepts, Springer Science, 2009.
  • Advanced High Voltage Device Concepts, Springer Science, 2011.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
personal data
SURNAME Baliga, B. Jayant
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian electrical engineer
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Chennai