Title :
A Practical Tutorial on an IGBT Drive
Author :
Lind, Magnus G J ; Dunford, William G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC
Abstract :
This study presents a comprehensive and economical implementation of a drive circuitry for IGBTs based on the bootstrap technology. The drive is designed for medium power levels. The circuit includes desaturation and short circuit current detection. The development of the drive is explained from a practical standpoint, and the design is implemented on a circuit board and evaluated through laboratory experiments. The experimental results show that the designed circuit performed according to the specifications
Keywords :
bootstrap circuits; driver circuits; insulated gate bipolar transistors; network synthesis; short-circuit currents; IGBT drive; bootstrap technology; circuit board; desaturation; drive circuitry; short circuit current detection; Capacitors; Circuits; Drives; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Isolation technology; Power engineering and energy; Power engineering computing; Power generation economics; Tutorial; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics, 2006 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0496-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0497-5
DOI :
10.1109/ISIE.2006.295764
