Characterization of a multilevel HV-IGBT module for distribution applications

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 747-753

  Lai, Jih Sheng ^a   Hefner, Allen ^b   Maitra, Arindam ^c   Goodman, Frank ^d  

^a State University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c EPRI Solutions Inc   (United States)

^d ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

HV IGBT; Intelligent universal transformer; Multilevel HV IGBT Module

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; POWER TRANSFORMERS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

CAPACITANCE ESTIMATION; DYNAMIC SWITCHING; INTELLIGENT UNIVERSAL TRANSFORMERS; SWITCHING VOLTAGE;

INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT);

EID: 34948818689     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IAS.2006.256610     Document Type: Conference Paper

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