{"title":"Switching behaviour of GTO cascode switches","authors":"R. Fletcher","doi":"10.1109/IAS.1988.25129","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The author presents work on a high-frequency, high-power GTO (gate-turn-off) switch operated in the cascode configuration. This configuration is shown to have considerable advantages over conventionally gated GTO switches. These include much reduced turn-off times and snubberless operation, and hence, the ability to operate at increased switching frequency. The major limit on switching frequency is shown to be tail losses; this phenomenon is studied in some detail.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":274766,"journal":{"name":"Conference Record of the 1988 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1988-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"9","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Conference Record of the 1988 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IAS.1988.25129","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The author presents work on a high-frequency, high-power GTO (gate-turn-off) switch operated in the cascode configuration. This configuration is shown to have considerable advantages over conventionally gated GTO switches. These include much reduced turn-off times and snubberless operation, and hence, the ability to operate at increased switching frequency. The major limit on switching frequency is shown to be tail losses; this phenomenon is studied in some detail.<>