Characterization of a high-voltage press pack IGBT under soft-switching conditions

To design high-power converter systems, a characterization of power losses of the utilized high-power devices is necessary. In this paper, the characterization of a high-voltage press pack IGBT (Toshiba ST1000EX21, 2500 V, 1000 A) under soft switching conditions at different operating temperatures is done. Based on these measured data the power losses of a three-phase inverter system is simulated. Finally, a comparison of the performance of the IGBT and a GTO (Toshiba SG 3000GXH24, 4500 V, 3000 A) is presented.

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