Active voltage sharing of series connected strings of IGBT devices in bridge applications

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn 2, Issue , 1998, Pages 817-824

  Belverde, G ^a   Galluzzo, A ^a   Melito, M ^a   Musumeci, S ^a   Raciti, A ^a  

^a STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; GATES (TRANSISTOR);

ACTIVE VOLTAGE SHARING CIRCUITS; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT);

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0032318274     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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