Title :
A summary of resonant snubber circuits for transistors and GTOs
Author :
Tardiff, Dale ; Barton, T.H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Calgary Univ., Alta., Canada
Abstract :
Various resonant circuits are reviewed and compared in order to unify the different design methods that are available for low-loss snubbers. Two passive resonant snubbers are described in detail, with some design guidelines for selecting all the snubber components. This is supplemented by experimental results obtained when utilizing these two snubbers to protect a power Darlington transistor module.<>
Keywords :
overvoltage protection; power transistors; thyristors; GTOs; power Darlington transistor module; resonant snubber circuits; thyristors; Power dissipation; Protection; Pulse width modulation; RLC circuits; Resistors; Resonance; Snubbers; Switching circuits; Switching frequency; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1989., Conference Record of the 1989 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
DOI :
10.1109/IAS.1989.96791
