• DocumentCode
    3409780
  • Title

    Characterization of 6.5 kV IGBT modules for hard- and soft-switching operation in medium voltage applications

  • Author

    Schwarzer, Ulrich ; De Doncker, Rik W.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Power Electron. & Electr. Drives, RWTH, Aachen, Germany
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    6-10 March 2005
  • Firstpage
    329
  • Abstract
    Modern 6.5 kV IGBTs are characterized under hard- and soft (ARCP)-switching conditions at different voltage levels, switching currents and chip junction temperatures. The determined conduction power and switching energy dissipations are implemented in behavior-based simulation models to calculate the power losses of hard- and soft-switching operating IGBTs in a medium-voltage inverter.
  • Keywords
    insulated gate bipolar transistors; invertors; switching convertors; 6.5 kV; ARCP switching; IGBT modules; chip junction temperatures; medium voltage applications; medium-voltage inverter; soft-switching operation; switching energy dissipations; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Drives; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Inverters; Medium voltage; Power electronics; Power generation; Power semiconductor switches; Semiconductor diodes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2005. APEC 2005. Twentieth Annual IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8975-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APEC.2005.1452946
  • Filename
    1452946