Control power self-generation and sensors integration in emitter turn-off (ETO) thyristor

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 351-358

  Chen, Bin ^a   Huang, Alex Q ^a   Atcitty, Stanley ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Control power; Emitter turn off thyristor; Gate turn off thyristor; Power converter; Power switch; Sensor

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; INTEGRATION; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

EMITTER TURN-OFF THYRISTOR; GATE TURN-OFF THYRISTOR;

THYRISTORS;

EID: 34848831150     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IAS.2006.256545     Document Type: Conference Paper

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