Active Gate Control of Series Connected IGBTs Using Positive Current Feedback Technique

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 261-265

  Krishna, D V M M ^a   Agarwal, Vivek ^b  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Active gate control; current feedback; high voltage; series connection of insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; SYSTEM STABILITY; TRANSCONDUCTANCE;

ACTIVE GATE CONTROL; CURRENT FEEDBACK; HIGH VOLTAGE;

INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 20444427892     PISSN: 15497747     EISSN: 15583791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2005.846306     Document Type: Article

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