摘要 |
A new control strategy for IGBTs when used in high frequency (75 kHz - 500 kHz) high power (10 kW - 5 MW) inverters with series resonant load, a topology commonly used for induction heating. The strategy changes the IGBT strain elements into a total stress picture that fits the IGBT's behaviour and internal nature better. This makes the IGBT operate much more efficient, thus increasing the maximum output power from the inverter significantly compared to a standard control scheme. This makes the IGBT based inverter a much cheaper alternative than a MOSFET inverter, which has been state of the art for this application. |