Operation characteristics of emitter turn-off thyristor (ETO) for solid-state circuit breaker and fault current limiter

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

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 174-178

  Chen, Bin ^a   Huang, Alex Q ^a   Baran, Mesut ^a   Han, Chong ^a   Song, Wenchao ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; ELECTROMECHANICAL SWITCHGEARS; ETO SEMICONDUCTOR POWER SWITCHES; TURN OFF THYRISTORS (ETO);

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC SWITCHGEAR; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; LIMITERS;

THYRISTORS;

EID: 33749518294     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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