title: 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 A(2) 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 1012 Boston Ave., Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bayne
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 1012 Boston Ave., Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA.
authors.forename: Shelby
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lacouture
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 1012 Boston Ave., Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lawson
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 1012 Boston Ave., Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giesselmann
authors.affiliation: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, USA.
authors.forename: Charles J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Scozzie
authors.affiliation: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, USA.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.affiliation: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, USA.
authors.forename: Aderinto A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ogunniyi