Development and experimental demonstration of a self-powered ETO (SPETO)

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1387-1394

  Zhang, Bin ^a   Huang, Alex Q ^b   Chen, Bin ^b   Atcitty, Stanley ^c   Ingram, Michael ^d  

^a Linear Technology Corporation   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d Tennessee Valley Authority Chattanoog   (United States)

Author keywords

Base gate drive suppression; Emitter turn off thyristor (ETO); Gate turn off thyristor (GTO); Self powered ETO (SPETO)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; POWER CONVERTERS; SWITCHING;

BASE/GATE DRIVE SUPPRESSION; GATE TURN-OFF THYRISTOR; SELF-POWERED EMITTER TURN-OFF THYRISTOR;

THYRISTORS;

EID: 37849187736     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2006.882657     Document Type: Article

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