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Measurement of IGBT switching characteristics and loss using coaxial current transformer

Kumar, V and Reddy, S and Narayanan, G (2012) Measurement of IGBT switching characteristics and loss using coaxial current transformer. In: 2012 IEEE 5th India International Conference on Power Electronics (IICPE), 6-8 Dec. 2012, Delhi.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IICPE.2012.6450478

Abstract

Device switching times and switching energy losses are required over a wide range of practical working conditions for successful design of insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) based power converters. This paper presents a cost-effective experimental setup using a co-axial current transformer for measurement of IGBT switching characteristics and switching energy loss. Measurements are carried out on a 50A, 1200V IGBT (SKM50GB123D) for different values of gate resistance, device current and junction temperature. These measurements augment the technical data available in the device datasheet.Short circuit transients are also investigated experimentally under hard switched fault as well as fault under load conditions.

Item Type: Conference Proceedings
Publisher: IEEE
Additional Information: Copyright of this article belongs to IEEE.
Keywords: Coaxial Current Transformer; Fault Current; Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT); Power Semiconductor Device; Switching Characterization; Switching Loss
Department/Centre: Division of Electrical Sciences > Electrical Engineering
Date Deposited: 29 May 2013 10:21
Last Modified: 29 May 2013 10:21
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/46418

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