Analysis of High di/dt Current Pulses in Three-Level NPC Inverters Using Series Connected IGCTs and RC Snubbers

IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 2771-2776

  Liu, Wenhua ^a   Song, Qiang ^a   Yu, Qingguang ^a   Chen, Yuanhua ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; RELIABILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; THYRISTORS;

FREEWHEELING DIODES; INTEGRATED GATE COMMUNICATED THYRISTORS (IGCT); SNUBBER CIRCUITS;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 1442284546     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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