The Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) is a minority-carrier device with high icnput impedance and large bipolar current-carrying capability. Many designers view IGBT as a device with MOS input ...

Local power that is available for protection circuits, such as desaturation detection. Among the disadvantages of this type of driver are the cost, complexity and board space required for all the ...

(Image courtesy of Elsevier Publishing). Who else would you want to author a book about the IGBT (insulated gate bipolar transistor) than its inventor, Dr. B. Jayant Baliga? This invention is widely ...

This application note presents the new IGBT that has been developed for reverse blocking capabilities. The application note introduces the applications of the new IGBT and its electrical ...