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6 kV 5 kA RCGCT with advanced gate drive unit

H. Gruening, T. Tsuchiya, K. Satoh, Yoshio Yamaguchi, F. Mizohata, Kazuto Takao

2002 · 18 citations · 4 references

Concepts

EngineeringElectrical EngineeringHeat TransferPower ElectronicsSemiconductor DevicesConverter TopologiesGate Drive CircuitsPower SystemsGate Driver Power SuppliesHeat SinksPower Converter DesignPower ConvertersPower Electronic ConvertersPower Electronics DevicesTransistors For Power Conversion

Abstract

GCT technology has become a key to high performance power converters. In this paper a new power converter building block is introduced: A 6 inch 6 kV 5 kA reverse conducting GCT, controlled by an ultra low loss gate drive unit and double side cooled by best in class heat sinks.

References

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Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics +14

A newly structured high voltage diode highlighting oscillation free function in recovery process

K. Satoh, K. Morishita, Yoshio Yamaguchi et al. · 2002 · 29 citations

Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics +7

New design approach for ultra high power GCT thyristor

K. Satoh, K. Morishita, N. Hirano et al. · 2003 · 25 citations

Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering +11

State-of-the-art verification of the hard driven GTO inverter development for a 100 MVA intertie

P. Steimer, H.E. Gruning, J. Werninger et al. · 2002 · 21 citations

Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Low-power Design +14