Title :
A snubber-less GTO
Author :
Nagano, T. ; Fukui, H. ; Yatsuo, T. ; Okamura, M.
Author_Institution :
Hitachi Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd., Japan
Abstract :
Measurements of gate turn-off performance of GTOs have been made in terms of the safe operating area. The feasibility of the snubber-less GTO capable of 60 amperes controlling and 600 volts blocking has been demonstrated.
Keywords :
Anodes; Cathodes; Clamps; Current density; Logic gates; Snubbers; Thyristors;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics Specialists conference, 1982 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA, USA
DOI :
10.1109/PESC.1982.7072433
