DocumentCode
2667332
Title
Assessment of off-state negative gate voltage requirements for IGBTs
Author
McNeill, N. ; Finney, S.J. ; Williams, B.W.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. & Electr. Eng., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
Volume
1
fYear
1996
fDate
23-27 Jun 1996
Firstpage
627
Abstract
This paper addresses the need for negative gate bias with IGBT devices that experience a dv/dt when in the off-state. Factors considered include gate bias voltage, gate impedance, reapplied dv/dt and case temperature. Experimental results for a high-voltage high-current IGBT support the assessment of these factors
Keywords
electric impedance; insulated gate bipolar transistors; power transistors; semiconductor device testing; IGBT devices; case temperature; gate bias voltage; gate impedance; high-current IGBT; high-voltage IGBT; negative gate bias; off-state negative gate voltage requirements; turn on mechanism; Capacitance; Circuits; Diodes; Impedance; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Leg; Switches; Tail; Temperature; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 1996. PESC '96 Record., 27th Annual IEEE
Conference_Location
Baveno
ISSN
0275-9306
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3500-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PESC.1996.548646
Filename
548646
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