Comparison of medium voltage IGBT-based 3L-ANPC-VSCs

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 851-858

  Sayago, José A ^a   Bernet, Steffen ^a   Brückner, Thomas ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FILTERS; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SPATIAL VARIABLES CONTROL;

JUNCTION TEMPERATURES; LOSS DISTRIBUTION; MEDIUM-VOLTAGE; MEDIUM-VOLTAGE DRIVES; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; UNSYMMETRICAL;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 52349084091     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2008.4592036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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