Control power self-generation and sensor integration in emitter turn-off thyristor

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1715-1728

  Chen, Bin ^a   Huang, Alex Q ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

AC switch; Control power; Emitter turn off (ETO) thyristor; Gate turn off (GTO) thyristor; Power converter; Power switch; Sensor

Indexed keywords

AC SWITCH; CONTROL POWER; EMITTER TURN-OFF (ETO) THYRISTOR; GATE TURN-OFF (GTO) THYRISTOR; POWER SWITCH;

ELECTRIC SWITCHGEAR; INTEGRATION; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; SENSORS;

THYRISTORS;

EID: 70349952540     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2009.2023552     Document Type: Article

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