AN-990 Datasheet, PDF (1/17 Pages) International Rectifier – Application Note

Application Note AN-990
IGBT Characteristics
Table of Contents
Page
1. Gate Drive Requirements.................................................................................. 2
2. Switching Trajectories and Safe Operating Area .............................................. 7
3. Conduction Losses............................................................................................ 9
4. Losses in Hard Switching .................................................................................. 10
5. Trade-off between Conduction and Switching Losses: Device Optimization..... 12
6. Thermal Design................................................................................................. 14
7. Replacing MOSFETs with IGBTs ...................................................................... 15
8. Guidelines on Paralleling .................................................................................. 15
This application note covers some of the major issues normally encountered in the design of an IGBT
power circuits. It is the companion to AN-983, "IGBT Characteristics," which covers the details of the de-
vice, rather than its application.
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August 2012
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