Implementation of diagnostics functions in the IGBT drivers, part 1. — Diagnostics

The paper deals with possibilities of power IGBT transistor diagnostics directly in driver of voltage source inverters. It is necessary to implement the diagnostics circuits as close as possible to the power IGBT transistor due to high demands on drive reliability and failure predictability in many applications.

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