Haberberger et al., 2004 - Google Patents

Novel protection strategy for current interruptions in IGBT current source inverters

Haberberger et al., 2004

Document ID
16971357457215328585
Author
Haberberger M
Fuchs F
Publication year
Publication venue
2004 IEEE 35th Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference (IEEE Cat. No. 04CH37551)

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A novel protection strategy against dc link overvoltages in IGBT current source inverters caused by current interruptions is presented. The proposed concept consists of two steps-a fast passive voltage clamp and actively turned on freewheeling paths across the dc link …
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    • H03K17/687—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making or -braking characterised by the components used using semiconductor devices using field-effect transistors
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