High voltage, high performance switch using series connected IGBTs

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1606-1611

  Busatto, G ^a   Abbate, C ^a   Iannuzzo, F ^a   Abbate, B ^a   Fratelli, L ^b   Cascone, B ^b   Manzo, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b ANSALDO ENERGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FILTERS; DC GENERATORS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); SWITCHES;

AUXILIARY CIRCUITS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE SWITCHES; HIGH VOLTAGES; HIGH-VOLTAGE SWITCHING; OUTPUT CURRENTS; POWER LOSSES; RATED VOLTAGES; SERIES CONNECTIONS; SWITCHING LOSSES; VOLTAGE GRADIENTS;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 52349109451     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2008.4592169     Document Type: Conference Paper

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