Parallel operation of the Emitter Turn-Off (ETO) thyristor

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

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages 2592-2596

  Zhou, Xigen ^a   Xu, Zhenxue ^a   Huang, Alex Q ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Current sharing; Emitter turn off (ETO) thyristor; Gate turn off (GTO) thyristor; Parallel operation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; MOS DEVICES; MOSFET DEVICES;

EMITTER TURN-OFF (ETO) THYRISTORS;

THYRISTORS;

EID: 0036443294     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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