Title :
Design, tests and measurements of fast turn-on 3.3 kV asymmetrical thyristor
Author_Institution :
Dynex Semicond. Ltd., UK
Abstract :
In this paper, the authors revisit the power thyristor, highlighting the various standard types available. It is shown that for fast turn-on, pulse power applications, the asymmetric design offers the best performance. The preliminary characteristics of a new 3.3 kV high power asymmetric thyristor (ACR) are presented and by comparison with other fast switches, such as GTOs and IGBTs, the ACR is shown to have several performance advantages
Keywords :
power semiconductor switches; pulsed power switches; semiconductor device measurement; semiconductor device testing; thyristors; 3.3 kV; asymmetric design; fast turn-on pulse power applications; high-power asymmetric thyristor; measurements; performance advantages; power switches; tests;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics and Variable Speed Drives, 2000. Eighth International Conference on (IEE Conf. Publ. No. 475)
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-729-2
DOI :
10.1049/cp:20000289
