Series and parallel operation of the emitter turn-off (ETO) thyristor

Author

Li, Yuxin ; Huang, Alex Q. ; Motto, Kevin

Author_Institution

Bradley Dept. of Electr. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA

Volume

5

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

2873

Abstract

By dramatically decreasing the storage time, the emitter turn-off (ETO) thyristors have a very good match in storage time. Storage time dispersion of less than ±100 nsec is normal for ETOs and can be further reduced through adjustment of the emitter switch gate resistance. Thus, the capacitance required for dynamic voltage balancing in the ETO series connection is significantly reduced. Uniform current sharing for parallel connected ETO is also guaranteed at the device level through the open-base PNP turn-off mechanism. The current balancing inductance can be essentially removed. Theoretical analysis and experimental results of 53 mm ETOs are presented

Keywords

inductance; power semiconductor switches; semiconductor device measurement; semiconductor device models; semiconductor device testing; thyristors; 53 mm; current balancing inductance; dynamic voltage balancing; emitter switch gate resistance; emitter turn-off thyristor; open-base PNP turn-off mechanism; parallel operation; series operation; storage time; uniform current sharing; Capacitance; Capacitors; Doping; Inductance; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Power dissipation; Power electronics; Switches; Thyristors; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Conference, 2000. Conference Record of the 2000 IEEE

Conference_Location

Rome

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6401-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.2000.882573

Filename

882573