Power Electronic Handbook P1
Power Electronic Devices
1 Power Electronics Kaushik Rajashekara, Sohail Anwar, Vrej Barkhordarian, Alex Q. Huang
Overview • Diodes • Schottky Diodes • Thyristors • Power Bipolar Junction Transistors • MOSFETs • General Power Semiconductor Switch Requirements • Gate Turn-Off Thyristors • Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors • Gate-Commutated Thyristors and Other Hard-Driven GTOs • Comparison Testing of Switches
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Power Electronics
Kaushik Rajashekara
Delphi Automotive Systems
1.1
Overview
Thyristor and Triac • Gate Turn-Off Thyristor • ReverseConducting Thyristor (RCT) and Asymmetrical SiliconControlled Rectifier (ASCR) • Power Transistor • Power MOSFET • Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) • MOS-Controlled Thyristor (MCT)
Sohail Anwar
Pennsylvania State University
Vrej Barkhordarian
International Rectifier
1.2
Diodes
Characteristics •...
