• DocumentCode
    3240730
  • Title

    An analysis for transient characteristics of shorted collector IGBTs in free wheeling mode of operation

  • Author

    Tomomatsu, Yasunori ; Suekawa, Eisuke ; Kondo, Hiroki ; Enjoji, T. ; Takeda, Masanori ; Yamada, Tomoaki

  • Author_Institution
    Fukuryo Semicond. Eng. Corp., Mitsubish Electric Corp.
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    26-29 May 1997
  • Firstpage
    209
  • Lastpage
    212
  • Abstract
    Computer simulation analysis predicts that shorted collector IGBT is heated locally in free wheeling mode of operation to such extent that excess temperature, depending on operating and circuit conditions, destroys itself and this is verified by experiment
  • Keywords
    insulated gate bipolar transistors; transient analysis; computer simulation; excess temperature; free wheeling mode; local heating; shorted collector IGBT; transient characteristics; Circuits; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Current distribution; Heat engines; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Resistance heating; Semiconductor diodes; Transient analysis; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Semiconductor Devices and IC's, 1997. ISPSD '97., 1997 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Weimar
  • ISSN
    1063-6854
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3993-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISPSD.1997.601474
  • Filename
    601474