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Parameters influencing the performance of an IGBT gate drive

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Τίτλος: Parameters influencing the performance of an IGBT gate drive
Συγγραφείς: Abu Khaizaran, Muhammad S., Palmer, Patrick R., Wang, Yalan
Έτος έκδοσης: 2008
Συλλογή: FADA - Birzeit University Open Access Repository
Θεματικοί όροι: Insulated gate bipolar transistors, Voltage regulators - Control, Electric power distribution, Automatic control - Data processing
Περιγραφή: This paper presents an improvement of an IGBT gate drive implementing Active Voltage Control (AVC), and investigates the impact of various parameters affecting its performance. The effects of the bandwidths of various elements and the gains of AVC are shown in simulation and experimentally. Also, the paper proposes connecting a small Active Snubber between the IGBT collector and its gate integrated within the AVC. The effect of this snubber on enhancing the stability of the gate drive is demonstrated. It will be shown that using a wide bandwidth operational amplifier and integrating the Active Snubber within the gate drive reduces the minimum gate resistor required to achieve stability of the controller. Consequently, the response time of the IGBT to control signals is significantly reduced, the switching losses then can be minimised and, hence, the performance of gate drive as whole is improved. This reflects positively on turn-off and turn-on transitions achieving voltage sharing between the IGBTs connected in series to construct a higher voltage switch, making series IGBTs a feasible practice
Τύπος εγγράφου: article in journal/newspaper
Γλώσσα: English
Relation: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11889/4355
Διαθεσιμότητα: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11889/4355
Αριθμός Καταχώρησης: edsbas.BC50F3DE
Βάση Δεδομένων: BASE