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Advantages of IGBT Series Connection in 1.500 V PV-inverters
Details zur Publikation
Autor(inn)en: | Nöding, C.; Felgemacher, C.; Dombert, B.; Zacharias, P. |
Herausgeber: | VDE |
Verlag: | VDE |
Verlagsort / Veröffentlichungsort: | Nürnberg |
Publikationsjahr: | 2015 |
Seitenbereich: | 627-634 |
Buchtitel: | PCIM Europe 2015 - International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management |
ISBN: | 978-3-8007-3924-0 |
A series connection of two conventional 1.200 V rated IGBTs allows a maximum blocking voltage of 2.400 V in theory. With respect to overvoltage during the switching process and the impact of cosmic radiation, the voltage stress of a single 1.200 V device should not exceed 70 % to 75 % of the rated value to achieve a trade-off in lifetime and voltage resulting in a maximum blocking voltage of 1.800 V for a series connection. Within this paper the voltage sharing between the IGBTs will be investigated and the behavior of a newly developed balancing method will be shown. Moreover advantages and challenges of the IGBT series connection are discussed for large-scale PV-inverter systems.