Innovative GTO Thyristor Based Switches Through Unity Gain Turn-Off

The Gate Turn-Off (GTO) Thyristor has the best voltage blocking and current conducting capabilities among all known high power semiconductor devices. To improve its dynamic performances to meet the increased demand in high-performance high-power applications, a special driving technique, namely unit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Li, Yuxin
Other Authors: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2011
Subjects:
GTO
ETO
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/11237
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10042000-14410005