• DocumentCode
    2881890
  • Title

    Technology Trends in Power Devices

  • Author

    Platzoeder, K. ; Tihanyi, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Siemens AG, Frankfurter Ring 152, 8000 Muenchen 46, West Germany
  • fYear
    1982
  • fDate
    3-6 Oct. 1982
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    At switching powers below 10 kVA the classical bipolar devices are attacked by MOSFETs. Their main advantages are higher switching speed and less expensive drive circuits. In the power range up to 100 kVA large bipolar transistors with votlages of 400 - 1000 V are of growing interest. On the other hand, asymmetric thyristors (ASCR) and gate turn-off thyristors (GTO) can also reduce weight and volume of the equipment. Above 100 kVA thyristors still dominate due to their unsurpassed current and voltage capability.
  • Keywords
    Baseband; Communication system control; Control systems; Frequency conversion; Low pass filters; Power generation; Power harmonic filters; Read only memory; Sampling methods; Telephony;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Telecommunications Energy Conference, 1982. INTELEC 1982. International
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/INTLEC.1982.4793691
  • Filename
    4793691