A comparison of fundamental gate-driver topologies for high frequency applications

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1045-1052

  Strydom, J T ^a   De Rooij, M A ^b   Van Wyk, J D ^c  

^a INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Comparison; Component; Current source topology; Gate drivers; Resonant gate drivers; Voltage source topology

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POWER ELECTRONICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWITCHING; TRANSISTORS;

CURRENT SOURCE TOPOLOGY; GATE-DRIVERS; SWITCHING FREQUENCIES; VOLTAGE SOURCE TOPOLOGY;

LOGIC GATES;

EID: 2342622750     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2004.1295951     Document Type: Conference Paper

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