This application note presents the Gate Control Unit for IGBT Drive Converters that offers IPM functionality maintaining flexibility in system design. It presents the driver board that has been ...

Westcode Semiconductors Ltd, a division of the IXYS Corp, announced a high voltage IGBT gate drive unit (GDU) designed to complement their range of high voltage press-pack IGBTs and standard IGBT ...

Westcode Semiconductors Limited, a division of the IXYS Corp., has released a high-voltage IGBT gate drive unit (GDU) designed to complement its range of high voltage press-pack IGBTs and standard ...

Until the introduction of newer power switches, the only serious contenders for high-power transportation systems and other applications were the GTO (thyristor), with its cumbersome snubbers, and the ...