Reliable, interface-friendly medium voltage drive based on the robust IGCT and DTC technologies

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 1999, Pages 1505-1512

  Steimer, P K ^a   Steinke, J K ^a   Gruning, H E ^a  

^a ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIODE RECTIFIER; INTEGRATED GATE COMMUTATED THYRISTOR; NEUTRAL POINT CLAMPED; VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTER;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC FILTERS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; RELIABILITY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); THYRISTORS; TORQUE CONTROL;

ELECTRIC DRIVES;

EID: 0033336476     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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