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Dynamic gate resistance control for current balancing in parallel connected IGBTs

Sasaki et al., 2013

Document ID
9302933423465847748
Author
Sasaki M
Nishio H
Ng W
Publication year
Publication venue
2013 Twenty-Eighth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)

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In high power applications, switching devices such as MOSFETs and IGBTs must often be connected in parallel in order to provide higher current capability. However, the current imbalance of parallel connected IGBTs due to stray inductance, variations in device …
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