• DocumentCode
    2579543
  • Title

    Preliminary experimental evaluation on PT-IGBT in parallel connection

  • Author

    Selgi, Lorenzo M. ; Sorrentino, Giuseppe ; Fragapane, Leonardo ; Melito, Maurizio

  • Author_Institution
    STMicroelectronics Stradale Primosole, Catania
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    2-5 Sept. 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    8
  • Abstract
    This paper presents the problems associated with the parallel connection of punch through IGBTs, such as: thermal stability and current balance. An experimental investigation is conducted in the simplest case of two IGBT working in hard switching on an inductive load; a thermal analysis was performed by means of an infrared camera.
  • Keywords
    insulated gate bipolar transistors; power semiconductor switches; thermal analysis; PT IGBT; current balance; hard switching; infrared camera; parallel connection; punch through IGBT; thermal analysis; thermal stability; Heat sinks; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; MOSFET circuits; Negative feedback; Switches; Temperature; Thermal conductivity; Thermal stability; Uniform resource locators; Voltage; IGBT; Parallel operation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics and Applications, 2007 European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Aalborg
  • Print_ISBN
    978-92-75815-10-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-92-75815-10-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EPE.2007.4417270
  • Filename
    4417270