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Drive Pulse Generation

Integrated circuits, which are used for drive pulse generation, phase comparison with the terminal voltage, synchronisation and so on, facilitate driver design considerably.

Pulse transformer requirements

Driver Signal Pulse Length

Reliable Thyristor Triggering

Driver Units for Thyristors

Editor

SEMIKRON is a one-stop provider of chips, discrete semiconductors, transistor, diode and thyristor power modules, power assemblies and systems for markets such as industrial drives, wind and solar, hybrid and electric vehicles, the rail industry and power supplies. The published articles are based on the application manual by the authors Dr.-Ing. Wintrich, Dr.-Ing. Nicolai, Dr. techn. Tursky und Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reimann.

Arendt Wintrich

Dr.-Ing. Arendt Wintrich, born in Schönebeck/Elbe, Germany, studied electrical engineering at the Technical University Chemnitz with the focus on power electronics.

Werner Tursky

Dr. techn. Werner Tursky was born in 1941 in Linz on the Danube. He studied engineering physics with a focus on solid state physics at the Vienna University of Technology, completing a degree in Engineering and PhD in Technical Sciences (Dipl. Ing. Dr. techn.).