Performance Comparison Between Voltage Source and Current Source Gate Drive Systems

Konferenz: PCIM Europe 2018 - International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management
05.06.2018 - 07.06.2018 in Nürnberg, Deutschland

Tagungsband: PCIM Europe 2018

Seiten: 5Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF

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Autoren:
Frank, Wolfgang (Infineon Technologies AG, Am Campeon 1-12, 85579 Neubiberg, Germany)
Zheng, Ziqing (Infineon Technologies China, No. 7&8, Lane 647, Song Tao Road, Zhang Jiang Hi-Tech Park, Pudong, China)

Inhalt:
This paper presents the comparison of two gate driver boards, which are operated with the same power module. One solution is realized using a gate current control driver IC, while the other solution uses a conventional gate driver IC with external buffer. The power module is a 1200 A / 1200 V module designed for high power applications. The paper compares the functionality of both boards and analyses the switching performance. As comparative condition, the turn-on collector-emitter slew rate of dvCE/dt = 5 V/ns is used. Particular interest is in the evaluation of the turn-on energy.