Active gate control for current balancing of parallel-connected IGBT modules in solid-state modulators

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 5 PART 3, 2008, Pages 2632-2637

  Bortis, Dominik ^a   Biela, Juergen ^a   Kolar, Johann W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Active gate control; Coils; Current balancing; Current distribution; Current measurement; Digital signal processing; Insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) modules; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Logic gates; Modulation; Printed circuit board (PCB) Rogowski coil; Solid state modulator

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FILTERS; BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; INDUCTION MOTORS; LOGIC CIRCUITS; LOGIC GATES; MODULATION; MODULATORS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSISTORS;

ACTIVE GATE CONTROL; COILS; CURRENT BALANCING; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; CURRENT MEASUREMENT; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR (IGBT) MODULES; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (PCB)-ROGOWSKI COIL; SOLID-STATE MODULATOR;

INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT);

EID: 60049093595     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.2003971     Document Type: Article

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