Comparative study of dual 600A IGBTs for electric vehicle applications

Author

Kurnia, Alexander ; Rajashekara, Kaushik ; Campbell, Robert

Author_Institution

Delco Propulsion Syst., Indianapolis, IN, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

24-25 Oct. 1996

Firstpage

91

Lastpage

98

Abstract

This paper presents detailed characterization of different 600A, 600V-1200V IGBTs suitable for electric propulsion applications. The IGBTs are characterized during conduction, turn-on and turn-off under hard and soft-switched conditions at 25°C and 125°C junction temperatures. The measured conduction voltage drop, turn-off loss and turn-on loss of IGBTs under hard and soft-switched conditions are presented.

Keywords

automotive electronics; bipolar transistor switches; electric propulsion; electric vehicles; insulated gate bipolar transistors; power bipolar transistors; power semiconductor switches; semiconductor device testing; switching circuits; thermal analysis; 125 C; 25 C; 600 A; 600 to 1200 V; characterization tests; conduction voltage drop; dual IGBTs; electric propulsion applications; electric vehicle; hard switching; junction temperature; power transistors; soft switching; turn-off loss; turn-on loss; Circuit testing; Electric vehicles; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Inverters; Loss measurement; Power measurement; Propulsion; Roentgenium; Temperature; Voltage measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics in Transportation, 1996., IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3292-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PET.1996.565915

Filename

565915