Gate drive unit for a Dual-GCT

8th International Conference on Power Electronics - ECCE Asia: "Green World with Power Electronics", ICPE 2011-ECCE Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2419-2426

  Butschen, T ^a   Etxeberria, G Sarriegi ^a   Stagge, H ^a   De Doncker, R W ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dual GCT; Dual ICT; Gate Drive Unit; GCT; ICT; Short Circuit Protection

Indexed keywords

DUAL-GCT; DUAL-ICT; GATE DRIVE UNIT; GCT; ICT; SHORT-CIRCUIT PROTECTION;

ELECTRIC SWITCHGEAR; POWER CONVERTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 80052099267     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPE.2011.5944717     Document Type: Conference Paper

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