Efficiency investigations of a 3kW T-type inverter for switching frequencies up to 100 kHz

2014 International Power Electronics Conference, IPEC-Hiroshima - ECCE Asia 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 78-83

  Anthon, Alexander ^a   Zhang, Zhe ^a   Andersen, Michael A E ^a   Franke, Toke ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DANFOSS A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

IGBT; multilevel inverter; reverse recovery current; SiC MOSFET

Indexed keywords

DIODES; EFFICIENCY; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); POWER ELECTRONICS; SILICON; SILICON CARBIDE; SWITCHING FREQUENCY;

IGBT CONVERTERS; MULTILEVEL INVERTER; PV APPLICATIONS; REVERSE RECOVERY CURRENT; SIC DIODES; SIC MOSFET; SIC MOSFETS; SWITCHING TRANSITIONS;

MOSFET DEVICES;

EID: 84906672762     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPEC.2014.6869562     Document Type: Conference Paper

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