Characterization of a new 6.5 kV 1000A SiC diode for medium voltage converters

2012 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2253-2260

  Filsecker, Felipe ^a   Alvarez, Rodrigo ^a   Bernet, Steffen ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DC-LINK VOLTAGES; JUNCTION TEMPERATURES; MEDIUM-VOLTAGE CONVERTER; PIN DIODE; SIC DIODES; STATIC BEHAVIORS; SWITCHING WAVEFORMS;

ENERGY CONVERSION; EXHIBITIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SILICON CARBIDE;

DIODES;

EID: 84870940387     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2012.6342434     Document Type: Conference Paper

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