Electrothermal simulation of an IGBT PWM inverter

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 474-484

  Mantooth, H Alan ^a,b   Hefner Jr , Allen R ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Analogy Inc   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrothermal; IGBT; Inverter; Modeling; Pulse width modulation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; COMPUTER AIDED NETWORK ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HEAT SINKS; LOGIC CIRCUITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

ELECTROTHERMAL NETWORK SIMULATION; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); SOFTWARE PACKAGE SABER;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 0031139774     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/63.575675     Document Type: Article

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