• DocumentCode
    2688347
  • Title

    Gate-control strategies for snubberless operation of series connected IGBTs

  • Author

    Gerster, Christian ; Hofer, Patrick ; Karrer, Nico

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. Eng. & Design Lab., Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    23-27 Jun 1996
  • Firstpage
    1739
  • Abstract
    Increasing the operation voltage and hence the switching power by series connection of IGBT-modules causes transient and static voltage imbalances. To achieve snubberless operation, novel gate-control strategies have been developed. Active gate-controlled voltage balancing and gate-side di/dt-control as well as dv/dt-control are presented in theory and with measurement results
  • Keywords
    electric current control; insulated gate bipolar transistors; power convertors; power semiconductor switches; voltage control; active gate-controlled voltage balancing; dv/dt-control; gate-control strategies; gate-side di/dt-control; operation voltage; power converters; series connected IGBT; snubberless operation; static voltage imbalances; switching power; transient voltage imbalances; Circuits; Delay; Electromagnetic compatibility; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Stress; Switches; Switching frequency; Temperature control; Valves; Voltage control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 1996. PESC '96 Record., 27th Annual IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Baveno
  • ISSN
    0275-9306
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3500-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PESC.1996.548815
  • Filename
    548815