Title :
A novel topology to characterize high voltage IGBTs in a soft switching converter
Author :
Lindenmüller, Lars ; Bernet, Steffen ; Kleinichen, Philipp
Author_Institution :
Power Electron. Lab., Tech. Univ. Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Abstract :
Characterizing high voltage IGBTs in a soft switching series resonance converter usually involves building a test bench that incorporates bulky and expensive power supplies. In this paper a test circuit employing a novel operation mode, the so called quasi-steady mode, is introduced which allows the investigation of the semiconductors at low expense of power supplies.
Keywords :
circuit resonance; convertors; insulated gate bipolar transistors; high voltage IGBT; power supplies; quasisteady mode; soft switching series resonance converter; test circuit; Bridge circuits; Capacitors; Inductance; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Power supplies; Resistors; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Conference Dresden (SCD), 2011
Conference_Location :
Dresden
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0431-4
DOI :
10.1109/SCD.2011.6068733