TY  - CHAP
U1  - Konferenzveröffentlichung
A1  - Cenusa, Marius
A1  - Cretu, Gabriel
A1  - Pfost, Martin
T1  - An improved method of controlling IGBT modules using an optimized gate current waveform
T2  - CIPS 2014 : 8th International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems; proceedings ; February, 25 - 27, 2014, Nuremberg, Germany
N2  - IGBT modules with anti-parallel FWDs are widely used in inductive load switching power applications, such as motor drive applications. Nowadays there is a continuous effort to increase the efficiency of such systems by decreasing their switching losses. This paper addresses the problems arising in the turn-on process of an IGBT working in hard-switching conditions. A method is proposed which achieves – contrary to most other approaches – a high switching speed and, at the same time, a low peak reverse-recovery current. This is done by applying an improved gate current waveform that is briefly lowered during the turn-on process. The proposed method achieves low switching losses. Its effectiveness is demonstrated by experimental results with IGBT modules for 600V and 1200V.
Y1  - 2014
SN  - 978-3-8007-3578-5
SB  - 978-3-8007-3578-5
SP  - 151
EP  - 156
S1  - 6
PB  - VDE Verlag
CY  - Berlin
ER  -