Active surge voltage clamped 600 A IPM for high power application

Author

Majumdar, G. ; Hiramoto, T. ; Shirasawa, T. ; Tanaka, T. ; Mochizuki, K.

Author_Institution

Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Fukuoka, Japan

fYear

1995

fDate

23-25 May 1995

Firstpage

75

Lastpage

79

Abstract

A new intelligent power module (IPM), rated 600 A and having an over-voltage protection function, which suits 1500 V DC to 2000 V DC 3 level inverter application, has been developed. In addition, the device promises to provide numerous other merits in the high power application fields. Most important of which is its ability to drastically reduce overall size and cost, including those of snubber components, of conventional systems based on existing power devices ( e.g. GTO thyristor, transistor module, IGBT module, etc.)

Keywords

DC-AC power convertors; insulated gate bipolar transistors; intelligent control; invertors; modules; overvoltage protection; power electronics; surge protection; voltage control; 1500 to 2000 V; 600 A; DC 3 level inverter application; active surge voltage clamped module; high power application; intelligent power module; overvoltage protection function; Cities and towns; Clamps; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Inverters; Power engineering and energy; Power system protection; Surge protection; Switches; Thyristors; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs, 1995. ISPSD '95., Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Yokohama

ISSN

1063-6854

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2618-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPSD.1995.515012

Filename

515012