IGBT Overvoltage Protection Based on Dynamic Voltage Feedback and Active Clamping

Abstract

In view of the stability of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) power system, this paper found that the voltage spike generated by IGBT mainly occurs when the IGBT is turned off in the study of the power system interior and IGBT drive and overvoltage protection, and an excessive voltage spike will lead to IGBT damage. To eliminate this serious threat to the safe operation of the circuit, an IGBT overvoltage protection circuit combining dynamic voltage feedback and active clamping is proposed. In this method, active clamping and dynamic voltage feedback circuits are operated alternately, and the drive circuit is controlled by the feedback of capacitor’s the dynamic voltage rise rate. The gate current output of the IGBT is directly compensated to control the signal delay of the gate, combined with improving the lifting effect of the active clamp circuit on the gate voltage and suppressing the peak of the turn-off voltage. According to the IGBT turn off process, combined with SABER simulation, this paper finally builds IGBT turn off experimental circuit to prove that the proposed method suppresses the size of the turn off voltage spike, further analyzes the effect of key circuit parameters on the suppression of the turn off voltage spike, thereby ensuring the safe operation of the IGBT, and improving the stability of the UAV power system.

Keywords

• IGBT
• active clamping
• turn-off voltage spike
• dynamic voltage feedback
• SABER simulation
• unmanned aerial vehicles