過程增強提高IGBT的電機驅動應用效率

　　選擇IGBT時，設計師面對的是一批建筑的選擇，有利于IGBT的一種形式，如對稱與不對稱阻塞，在另一個。本文將回顧由不同的IGBT架構提供的設計方案。

　　絕緣柵雙極晶體管（IGBT）是一種常見的電機驅動應用的選擇，由于其高阻塞電壓和低成本相比，功率MOSFET具有類似的電壓等級。該技術允許變頻驅動器的設計，這被看作是良好的節能系統。

　　IGBT提供的開關能力，需要驅動重要的逆變器級。通常情況下，一個600 V額定阻斷電壓是驅動操作從200-240伏電源需要1200伏惠460 VAC的應用。

　　The IGBT’s structure evolved from the power MOSFET during the 1980s， in response to the need to increase the blocking voltage. This was achieved by adding an extra PN junction to the drain of MOSFET architecture， creating a bipolar transistor structure and an overall NPNP semiconductor. As with most power transistors made today， the construction of the transistor is vertical rather than horizontal， with the collector of the PNP bipolar transistor placed on the backside of the die. A P or P+ tub that contains N-doped wells links the source/emitter and gate regions. Current flows through this tub into a comparatively wide N-doped drift region into the collector. However， because it has the insulated gate of a MOSFET， the device as a whole remains voltage-controlled rather than current-controlled. The gains of the interlocked bipolar transistors need to be carefully controlled to suppress operation as an NPNP thyristor.