Coaxial current transformer for test and characterization of high-power semiconductor devices under hard and soft switching

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1181-1188

  Lyra, R O C ^a   Lipo, T A ^b   Cardoso, B J ^a   John, V ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; THYRISTORS;

COAXIAL CURRENT TRANSFORMER;

ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 0034224363     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.855977     Document Type: Article

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