Abstract

A resonant snubber is described for voltage-source inverters, current-source inverters, and self-commutated frequency changers. The main self-turn-off devices have shunt capacitors directly across them. The lossless resonant snubber described avoids trapping energy in a converter circuit where high dynamic stresses at both turn-on and turn-off are normally encountered. This is achieved by providing a temporary parallel path through a small ordinary thyristor (or other device operating in a similar node) to take over the high-stress turn-on duty from the main gate turn-off (GTO) or power transistor, in a manner that leaves no energy trapped after switching. >

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