Switching Losses in a GTO Inverter for Induction Heating

authored by

Axel Mertens, Hans Christoph Skudelny

Abstract

In a parallel resonant inverter using gate-turn-off thyristors (GTO’s), the turn-off losses can be reduced by gate-assisted turnoff technique, while turn-on losses contribute significantly to the total switching losses. For optimum operation of the GTO, the total switching losses have to be minimum. On the basis of loss measurement, an optimum mode of operation is suggested.

External Organisation(s)

RWTH Aachen University

Type

Article

Journal

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volume

6

Pages

93-99

No. of pages

7

ISSN

0885-8993

Publication date

01.1991

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1109/63.65007 (Access: Closed)