• DocumentCode
    2275077
  • Title

    Characterization of a new 4.5 kV press pack SPT+ IGBT for medium voltage converters

  • Author

    Alvarez, Rodrigo ; Filsecker, Felipe ; Bernet, Steffen

  • Author_Institution
    Power Electron. Group, Tech. Univ. Dresden, Dresden, Germany
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    20-24 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    3954
  • Lastpage
    3962
  • Abstract
    Recently developed IGBT press pack devices have become a competition for IGCTs in high power industrial applications. This paper presents an overview of state-of-the-art medium voltage power semiconductors with active turn-off capability. A new 85 mm, 4.5 kV, 1.2 kA press pack SPT+ IGBT and the corresponding freewheeling diode are characterized at hard switching as a function of the parameters dc-link voltage, load current, junction temperature, stray inductance and gate unit conditions.
  • Keywords
    insulated gate bipolar transistors; power convertors; power semiconductor devices; semiconductor diodes; IGBT press pack devices; current 1.2 kA; dc-link voltage; freewheeling diode; gate unit conditions; hard switching; junction temperature; load current; medium voltage converters; medium voltage power semiconductors; power industrial applications; press pack SPT+ IGBT; soft punch through; stray inductance; voltage 4.5 kV;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, 2009. ECCE 2009. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2893-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2893-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECCE.2009.5316130
  • Filename
    5316130