An evaluation system for experimental silicon and silicon carbide super gate turn off thyristors
Abstract
This paper describes the design and implementation of a small-scale pulsed power system specifically intended to evaluate the suitability of experimental silicon and silicon carbide high power Super Gate Turn Off thyristors for high action (500 A2 s and above) pulsed power applications where energy is extracted from a storage element in a rapid and controlled manner. To this end, six of each type of device was placed in a controlled three phase rectifier circuit which was in turn connected to an aircraft ground power motor-generator set and subjected to testing protocols with varying power levels, while parameters such as offset firing angle were varied.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2014
- Source ID
- 10.1063/1.4885449
Entities
People
- Aderinto A. Ogunniyi
- Charles J. Scozzie
- Heather O'Brien
- Kevin Lawson
- Michael Giesselmann
- Shelby Lacouture
- Stephen Bayne
Organizations
- Texas Tech University
- United States Army Research Laboratory