Gate Drive Circuit Suitable for a GaN Gate Injection Transistor
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2023.3270261
Abstract: A GaN gate injection transistor (GIT) has great potential as a power semiconductor device. However, a GaN GIT has a diode characteristic at the gate-source, and a corresponding gate drive circuit is thus required. Several… read more here.
Keywords: drive circuit; gate; gate drive; type ... See more keywords
Active Gate Drive to Increase the Power Capacity of Hard-Switched IGBTs
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DOI: 10.1109/jestpe.2020.2986097
Abstract: The effect of the gate drive on the power-processing capacity of a hard-switched insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) in a bridge leg is investigated in this article. The performance of two active gate drive (AGD) techniques… read more here.
Keywords: gate drive; power; gate; increase ... See more keywords
A ±0.5-mV-Minimum-Input DC-DC Converter With Stepwise Adiabatic Gate-Drive and Efficient Timing Control for Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting
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DOI: 10.1109/tcsi.2022.3219402
Abstract: This paper presents a step-up DC-DC converter that uses a stepwise gate-drive technique to reduce the power FET gate-drive energy by 82%, allowing positive efficiency down to an input voltage of ±0.5 mV—the lowest input… read more here.
Keywords: energy; gate drive; drive; converter ... See more keywords
Development of a High-Temperature Gate Drive and Protection Circuit Using Discrete Components
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DOI: 10.1109/tpel.2016.2573643
Abstract: This paper presents a high-temperature (HT) gate drive and protection circuit for Silicon–Carbide (SiC) power mosfets entirely built from commercial off-the-shelf HT discrete components. To estimate cost reduction, a brief comparison was made between the… read more here.
Keywords: gate drive; temperature gate; drive protection; high temperature ... See more keywords
Active Current Source IGBT Gate Drive With Closed-Loop di/dt and dv/dt Control
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DOI: 10.1109/tpel.2016.2587340
Abstract: This paper proposes an active current source gate drive (ACSD) method based on voltage controlled current source(VCCS) feedback control strategy for high-power IGBTs. Unlike the common voltage source gate drive, the proposed ACSD method provides… read more here.
Keywords: gate drive; control; drive; gate ... See more keywords
A Hybrid Active Gate Drive for Switching Loss Reduction and Voltage Balancing of Series-Connected IGBTs
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DOI: 10.1109/tpel.2016.2633658
Abstract: Insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) are usually connected in series to form high-voltage switches in power electronics applications. However, the series operation of IGBTs is not easy due to the unbalanced voltage sharing between them,… read more here.
Keywords: gate drive; voltage; gate; series ... See more keywords
A New Gate Drive Power Supply Configuration for Common Mode Conducted EMI Reduction in Phase-Shifted Full-Bridge Converter
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DOI: 10.1109/tpel.2020.3023638
Abstract: This article presents a cascaded gate drive power supply configuration to reduce the common mode (CM) current in phase-shifted full-bridge (PSFB) converters. In such converters, there are at least two $dV/dt$ sources generated at different… read more here.
Keywords: supply configuration; power supply; gate drive; power ... See more keywords