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Thyristor with integrated forward recovery protection function

Schulze et al., 2001

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7612703990949778519
Author
Schulze H
Niedernostheide F
Kellner-Werdehausen U
Publication year
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Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices & ICs. IPSD'01 (IEEE Cat. No. 01CH37216)

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A completely self-protected light-triggered high-power thyristor has been developed and fabricated. The integrated protection functions comprise overvoltage protection, dV/dt protection and forward recovery protection. Turn-on characteristics of 8 kV, 4000 A prototype …
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