Unbalancing voltage of high power series connected IGBT valve

Zhongguo Dianji Gongcheng Xuebao/Proceedings of the Chinese Society of Electrical Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Pang, Hui ^a   Wen, Jialiang ^a   He, Zhiyuan ^a   Tang, Guangfu ^a  

^a CHINA ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Insulation gate bipolar transistor (IGBT); Series connected; Switching transient; Unbalancing voltage

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FILTERS; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); POWER CONVERTERS;

ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES; HIGH POWER CONVERTERS; HIGH VOLTAGE; HIGH-POWER; SERIES CONNECTED; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; SWITCHING TRANSIENT; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; UNBALANCED VOLTAGES; UNBALANCING VOLTAGE; VOLTAGE BALANCE;

POWER QUALITY;

EID: 80051619282     PISSN: 02588013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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