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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2010
Said Farouk Said El-barbari, Freising, DE;
Anthony William Galbraith, Wirtz, VA (US);
Said Farouk Said El-Barbari, Freising, DE;
Anthony William Galbraith, Wirtz, VA (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A power inverter system includes a plurality of power semiconductor switching devices. Each switching device includes a corresponding gate turn off resistance configured to increase during starting up periods of the inverter system such that the open circuit voltage of a corresponding power source providing power to the power inverter system does not exceed the switching device blocking voltage ratings during the corresponding switching turn-off periods. The starting up period is the time required to bring the corresponding power source voltage from its open circuit voltage level to a predetermined voltage which constitutes a safe operating condition for the plurality of power semiconductor switching devices.