Active clamping on series connected free-wheel diodes through active voltage control

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 112-117

  Lim, T C ^a   Finney, S J ^a   Williams, B W ^a   Palmer, P R ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CLAMPING DEVICES; DIODES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INDUCTANCE; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

ACTIVE CLAMPING; ACTIVE VOLTAGE CONTROL (AVC); ELECTRON CHARGE; FREE-WHEELING DIODES (FWD);

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL;

EID: 8744310132     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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