The Optimization of Snubbers for IGCT-based Voltage Source Inverters

IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 679-682

  Yuan, Liqiang ^a   Zhao, Zhengming ^a   Ll, Chongjian ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Ministry of Metallurgical Industry China   (China)

Author keywords

IGCT; Modeling; Snubber; VSI

Indexed keywords

ANODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY DISSIPATION; OPTIMIZATION; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

IGCT; SNUBBERS; VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTERS (VSI);

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 1442329242     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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