Thermal stability of IGBT high-frequency operation

Kuang Sheng; Stephen J. Finney; Barry W. Williams

doi:10.1109/41.824018

Thermal stability of IGBT high-frequency operation

Kuang Sheng, Stephen J. Finney, Barry W. Williams

School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

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Abstract

Thermal stability of high-frequency insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) operation is studied in this paper. The nonpunch-through IGBT is found to be stable when operated within its rated temperature. Thermal runaway occurs with punch-through IGBT's at temperatures below the maximum junction temperature when operated at high frequency at well below rated current, with snubber or soft-switching circuits.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	9-16
Number of pages	8
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Volume	47
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/41.824018
Publication status	Published - Feb 2000

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