IGBT fault protection based on di/dt feedback control

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1478-1484

  Huang, Frank ^a   Flett, Fred ^a  

^a Siemens VDO Electric Drives Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT CONFIGURATIONS; CRITICAL DESIGN; CURRENT RATINGS; CUSTOMER POWER; EXTREME CONDITIONS; FAULT CURRENT; FAULT PROTECTION; IGBT CHIPS; IGBT PROTECTION; INDUCED VOLTAGES; INFINEON; JUNCTION TEMPERATURES; POWER DENSITIES; RESPONSE TIME; SWITCHING SPEEDS; TURN-OFF; VEHICLE APPLICATIONS;

ACTIVE FILTERS; AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); POWER ELECTRONICS;

FAULT DETECTION;

EID: 48349135622     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2007.4342213     Document Type: Conference Paper

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