A comparison of the switching behavior of IGBT and MCT power devices

Autor: Stefan Müller, Friedhelm Dr. Bauer, Wolfgang Fichtner, H. Dettmer, U. Krumbein, H. Lendenmann, Thomas Stockmeier, K. Lilja
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: [1993] Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs.
DOI: 10.1109/ispsd.1993.297107
Popis: Measured and simulated turn-off curves of high-voltage MCTs (MOS-controlled thyristors) and IGBTs (insulated-gate bipolar transistors) are presented. Device simulation results show that the inherently faster-switching IGBT is much more affected by dynamic avalanche phenomena than the MCT. It is also shown that the avalanche-injected carriers can be removed by shorting the anode layer, resulting in a much higher turn-off performance for both devices. Because of the lower charge and therefore the higher dV/dt, the ionization rate is higher in the IGBT than in the MCT. >
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