Study on series voltage equalizing method of IGBT in high voltage circuits

Abstract

In this paper, a gate $RC-\mathrm{D}$ voltage equalizer circuit is studied. The purpose of this circuit is to solve the problem that the emitter voltage distribution of each component set is uneven when IGBT runs in series. The working principle of gate $RC-\mathrm{D}$ voltage equalizer is described, and the functions of all components in the voltage equalizer are analyzed under different switching states of IGBT. Finally, a series voltage equalizer circuit model of IGBT is built on PSPICE platform for simulation. By comparing the simulation results of voltage equalizing circuit with or without voltage equalizing circuit, a good voltage equalizing effect is obtained after simulating voltage imbalance under 4000V DC voltage. It provides a guarantee condition for the stable operation of IGBT in series, thus verifying the feasibility of the scheme.