A Novel Protection Technique Devoted to the Improvement of the Short Circuit Ruggedness of IGBTs

IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1733-1738

  Musumeci, S ^a   Pagano, R ^a   Raciti, A ^a   Belverde, G ^b   Guastella, C ^b   Melito, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GATE RESISTANCE; GATE-EMITTER CAPACITANCE;

CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; INDUCTANCE; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; THERMAL STRESS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSIENTS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 1442353370     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IECON.2003.1280319     Document Type: Conference Paper

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