• DocumentCode
    2580050
  • Title

    Study of the short-circuit behavior of homogeneous IGBTs using experimental results and a physics based SPICE-model

  • Author

    Cotorogea, M. ; Claudio, A. ; Aguayo, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Centro Nacional de Invest. y Desarrollo Tecnologico, Interior Internado Palmira s/n, Cuernavaca, Mexico
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    1588
  • Abstract
    The paper presents a detailed analysis of the external and internal behavior of homogeneous IGBTs under different short circuit cases. The study includes experimental results obtained with a specially designed test circuit as well as SPICE simulations performed using a physics based IGBT model
  • Keywords
    SPICE; insulated gate bipolar transistors; semiconductor device testing; short-circuit currents; SPICE simulations; external behavior; homogeneous IGBT; internal behavior; physics based SPICE-model; short-circuit behavior; test circuit; Circuit faults; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Inductance; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Performance analysis; Physics; Stress; Threshold voltage; Voltage control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2000. PESC 00. 2000 IEEE 31st Annual
  • Conference_Location
    Galway
  • ISSN
    0275-9306
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5692-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PESC.2000.880542
  • Filename
    880542