An optimum drive and clamp circuit design with controlled switching for a snubberless PWM-VSI-IGBT inverterleg

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1992, Pages 289-297

  Blaabjerg, Frede ^a   Pedersen, John K ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); OVERCURRENT PROTECTION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; TIMING CIRCUITS;

ACTIVE CLAMP; CLAMP CIRCUIT; CONTROLLED SWITCHING; DESIGN EXPRESSIONS; DRIVE CIRCUITS; MULTIPLE SHORT CIRCUITS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; SHORT CIRCUIT TESTS;

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE;

EID: 66349134170     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.1992.254660     Document Type: Conference Paper

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