High power and high speed DC solid-state relay: 1500 V-20 A class Photo Power Module

Author

Yabe, Hiroo ; Baba, Akira ; Endo, Satoshi ; Katumata, Masaaki ; Matumoto, Takuo ; Sunayama, Tatsuo ; Saito, Masawki

Author_Institution

Tech. Center, Yazaki Corp., Shizuoka, Japan

fYear

1994

fDate

2-6 Oct 1994

Firstpage

1317

Abstract

A 1500 V 20 A class solid-state relay, called the Photo Power Module, for DC switching applications has been developed. The module consists of a light-triggered static induction thyristor (LT SIT), a photovoltaic diode array, a MOS transistor, resistors and LEDs. The LT SIT, the main device of the module is triggered by direct irradiation of a light pulse and quenched by the MOS transistor that is driven with the generated voltage of the diode array on irradiation of another light pulse. Good switching characteristics of 3.9 μs for turn-on time and 19.5 μs for turn-off time at 800 V-20 A were observed. The device had a low forward voltage drop of about 1.7 V at 20 A

Keywords

field effect transistor switches; light emitting diodes; photothyristors; power MOSFET; power field effect transistors; power semiconductor switches; semiconductor relays; 1.7 V; 1500 V; 19.5 mus; 20 A; 3.9 mus; 800 V; DC solid-state relay; DC switching applications; LEDs; MOS transistor; Photo Power Module; forward voltage drop; light-triggered static induction thyristor; photovoltaic diode array; resistors; switching characteristics; turn-off; turn-on; Diodes; MOSFETs; Multichip modules; Optical arrays; Photovoltaic systems; Relays; Resistors; Solar power generation; Solid state circuits; Thyristors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1994., Conference Record of the 1994 IEEE

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1993-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1994.377590

Filename

377590