Gate driver supplies and dead time management circuits for AC to AC converters

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 168-177

  Crebier, Jean Christophe ^a   Nguyen, Binh Dac ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D ELECTROTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

AC to ac converters; Dead time management; Driver supplies; Integration

Indexed keywords

AC POWER; AC-TO-AC CONVERTER; COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; DEAD TIME; DEAD TIME MANAGEMENT; FREEWHEELING DIODES; GATE DRIVERS; INSULATED GATE; POWER SUPPLY; POWER SWITCHES; POWER TRANSISTORS; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; SELF-POWERING; SWITCHING TRANSITIONS;

COST REDUCTION; MANAGEMENT; POWER ELECTRONICS; SWITCHING; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRANSISTORS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

EID: 76649086039     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2009.2024676     Document Type: Article

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