• DocumentCode
    1114348
  • Title

    High di/dt Pulse Switching of Thyristors

  • Author

    Hudgins, Jerry L. ; Portnoy, William M.

  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1987
  • fDate
    4/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    143
  • Lastpage
    148
  • Abstract
    The fast pulse switching behavior of center-fired ring-and-dot and interdigitated thyristors was studied by switching 8 to 10 ¿s, 1000 to 1600 A peak (at 800 V) pulses. Single-shot switching was performed up to 15 400 A/¿s, and repetitive switching at 500 and 800 Hz at various di/dt levels, including 13 000 A/¿s, for up to ten hours. No damage to the devices resulted from the single-shot switching stresses.
  • Keywords
    Fixtures; Packaging; Performance evaluation; Pulse measurements; Semiconductor device measurement; Stress; Switches; Testing; Thyristors; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-8993
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPEL.1987.4766348
  • Filename
    4766348
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1114348