• DocumentCode
    3255434
  • Title

    6 kV 5 kA RCGCT with advanced gate drive unit

  • Author

    Gruening, H. ; Tsuchiya, T. ; Satoh, K. ; Yamaguchi, Y. ; Mizohata, F. ; Takao, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Ind. Electron. & Syst. Lab., Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Hyogo, Japan
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    133
  • Lastpage
    136
  • Abstract
    GCT technology has become a key to high performance power converters. In this paper a new power converter building block is introduced: A 6 inch 6 kV 5 kA reverse conducting GCT, controlled by an ultra low loss gate drive unit and double side cooled by best in class heat sinks
  • Keywords
    cooling; heat sinks; power convertors; thyristors; 5 kA; 6 inch; 6 kV; RCGCT; double side cooling; gate drive unit; heat sink; power converter; reverse conducting gate commutated thyristor; Circuits; Diodes; Industrial electronics; Laboratories; Power semiconductor devices; Space heating; Space technology; Temperature control; Thermal resistance; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs, 2001. ISPSD '01. Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Osaka
  • ISSN
    1063-6854
  • Print_ISBN
    4-88686-056-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISPSD.2001.934574
  • Filename
    934574