Single shot and burst repetitive operation of thyristors for electric launch applications

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 37, Issue 1 I, 2001, Pages 385-388

  Podlesak, Thomas F ^a,b   Simon, F M ^b   Schneider, Sol ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Action; Charge; Di; Dt; Solid state switching

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ELECTRIC COMMUTATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEAT RESISTANCE; RAIL GUNS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS;

ELECTRIC GUN; POWER DISSIPATION; REVERSELY SWITCHED DYNISTOR; SILICON POWER DEVICES;

THYRISTORS;

EID: 0035036262     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.911860     Document Type: Article

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