Active fault protection for high power IGBTs

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2050-2054

  Chen, Lihua ^a   Peng, Fang Z ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CLOSED-LOOP; CONTROL VOLTAGES; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; ENERGY LOSS; FAULT CONDITIONS; FAULT CURRENTS; FAULT TYPES; GATE DRIVES; HARDWARE CIRCUITS; HIGH-POWER; OVER CURRENT; OVER-CURRENT LEVELS; POWER DEVICES; POWER SYSTEMS; SHORT-CIRCUIT FAULT CONDITIONS; SHUT DOWN; SWITCHING SPEED; VOLTAGE OVERSHOOT;

ACTIVE FILTERS; ELECTRIC FAULT LOCATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); POWER ELECTRONICS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

OVERCURRENT PROTECTION;

EID: 65949109077     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2009.4802956     Document Type: Conference Paper

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