A novel driving and protection circuit for reverse-blocking IGBT used in matrix converter

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-13

  Zhou, Daning ^a   Sun, Kai ^a   Liu, Zhichao ^a   Huang, Lipei ^a   Matsuse, Kouki ^b   Sasagawa, Kiyoaki ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUJI ELECTRIC CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Commutation; Drive; Matrix converter; Reverse blocking insulated gate bipolar transistor (RB IGBT); Short circuit protection

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC COMMUTATION; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); OVERCURRENT PROTECTION; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS;

COLLECTOR-EMITTER VOLTAGE; MATRIX CONVERTER; REVERSE-BLOCKING INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT);

EID: 33947251743     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2006.886422     Document Type: Article

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