Optimised IGBT turn-off under active voltage control in PEBB applications

Author

Xin Yang ; Palmer, Patrick R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

2-6 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

Active Voltage Control (AVC) is an implementation of classic Proportional-Derivative (PD) control and multi-loop feedback control to force an IGBT to follow a pre-set switching trajectory. Previously, AVC was mainly used for controlling series-connected IGBTs in order to enable voltage balance between IGBTs. In this paper, the nonlinear IGBT turn-off transient is further discussed and the turnoff of a single IGBT under AVC is further optimised in order to meet the demand of Power Electronic Building Block (PEBB) applications.

Keywords

PD control; circuit feedback; circuit optimisation; insulated gate bipolar transistors; transients; voltage control; PEBB applications; active voltage control; multiloop feedback control; nonlinear IGBT turn-off transient; optimised IGBT turn-off; power electronic building block applications; pre-set switching trajectory; proportional-derivative control; Automatic voltage control; Capacitance; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Logic gates; Mathematical model; Switches; Active Voltage Control (AVC); IGBT; IGBT Nonlinearity; Optimisation; PEBB; Turn-off;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Applications (EPE), 2013 15th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Lille

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPE.2013.6631874

Filename

6631874