TY - GEN
T1 - Investigation of the limiting factors of the dead time minimization in a H-bridge IGBT inverter
AU - Si, Guangye
AU - Shen, Zhiwei
AU - Zhang, Zhenbin
AU - Kennel, Ralph
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - In order to avoid a bridge shoot-through, a simultaneous on-state of both IGBTs in a bridge leg is strictly forbidden. Therefore, the complementary switch is commonly turned on with a dead-time interval to ensure a complete turn-off the other IGBT. Due to the longer tail-current interval of IGBT switching process, for the purpose of absolute safe operation, the interlocking time to is empirically in microsecond range which normally is much longer than necessary. This raises the questions about whether the tail-current is real a matter of concern, and how can the dead-time be minimized? An IGBT H-bridge inverter with an adjustable interlock time was built in this project, and a series of experiments were carried out to investigate the limiting factors of the dead-time minimization.
AB - In order to avoid a bridge shoot-through, a simultaneous on-state of both IGBTs in a bridge leg is strictly forbidden. Therefore, the complementary switch is commonly turned on with a dead-time interval to ensure a complete turn-off the other IGBT. Due to the longer tail-current interval of IGBT switching process, for the purpose of absolute safe operation, the interlocking time to is empirically in microsecond range which normally is much longer than necessary. This raises the questions about whether the tail-current is real a matter of concern, and how can the dead-time be minimized? An IGBT H-bridge inverter with an adjustable interlock time was built in this project, and a series of experiments were carried out to investigate the limiting factors of the dead-time minimization.
KW - IGBT
KW - dead time
KW - tail-current
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85015326062&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/SPEC.2016.7845530
DO - 10.1109/SPEC.2016.7845530
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85015326062
T3 - 2016 IEEE 2nd Annual Southern Power Electronics Conference, SPEC 2016
BT - 2016 IEEE 2nd Annual Southern Power Electronics Conference, SPEC 2016
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2nd IEEE Annual Southern Power Electronics Conference, SPEC 2016
Y2 - 5 December 2016 through 8 December 2016
ER -