Optimization design of high-voltage-balancing circuit based on the functional model of IGCT

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3012-3021

  Bai, Hua ^a   Zhao, Zhengming ^a   Eltawil, Mohamed ^a   Yuan, Liqiang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dead band; Dynamic balancing circuit; Integrated gate commutated thyristor (IGCT); Three level inverter

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSIENTS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC SWITCHGEAR; POWER QUALITY;

DEAD BAND; DYNAMIC BALANCING CIRCUIT; INTEGRATED GATE COMMUTATED THYRISTOR; THREE-LEVEL INVERTER;

THYRISTORS;

DEADBANDS; DYNAMIC BALANCING CIRCUIT; FUNCTIONAL MODEL; HIGH-VOLTAGES; INTEGRATED GATE-COMMUTATED THYRISTORS; OPTIMIZATION DESIGN; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; RATED VOLTAGES; RELIABLE OPERATION; SERIES CONNECTIONS; SNUBBER CIRCUIT; THREE-LEVEL; THREE-LEVEL INVERTERS; TRANSIENT PROCESS; VOLTAGE IMBALANCE; VOLTAGE-BALANCING CIRCUITS; VOLTAGE-SOURCE INVERTER;

EID: 36248943456     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2007.907002     Document Type: Article

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