VCE sensing for IGBT protection in NPC three level converters - Causes for spurious trippings and their elimination

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 298-307

  Jain, Amit Kumar ^a   Ranganathan, V T ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Gate drive circuit; multilevel converter; neutral point clamped (NPC); short circuit protection

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT BEHAVIORS; FAULT SIGNAL; GATE DRIVE CIRCUITS; HIGH POWER APPLICATIONS; IGBT PROTECTION; LEVEL CONVERTER; MEDIUM VOLTAGE; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; NEUTRAL POINT CLAMPED; POWER FACTORS; SHORT-CIRCUIT PROTECTION; THREE-LEVEL CONVERTERS; THREE-PHASE LOADS;

ACTIVE FILTERS; BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT);

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 78650988080     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2060358     Document Type: Article

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