Application of Transistor Emitter-Open Turn-Off Scheme to High Voltage Power Inverters |
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| Authors: | Chen Dan Y Walden John P |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Electrical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA 24061.; |
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| Abstract: | A transistor emitter-open turn-off scheme has been implemented in an experimental operating high voltage power inverter. Not only the transistor turn-off speed is greatly increased by using such a turn-off scheme but also the reverse-biased second breakdown phenomenon is eliminated. Therefore the very same device can be fully utilized for higher voltage and higher frequency applications. |
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