High-voltage switch using series-connected IGBTs with simple auxiliary circuit

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1832-1839

  Back, Ju Won ^a,b   Yoo, Dong Wook ^a,b   Kim, Heung Geun ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI)   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

High voltage switch; Series connection

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; SWITCHING; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

VOLTAGE-BALANCING CIRCUITS;

ELECTRIC SWITCHES;

EID: 0035510689     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.968198     Document Type: Article

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