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- From: medin@catbyte.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Dave Medin)
- Subject: Re: What is an IGBT?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.225300.22285@b30.ingr.com>
- Sender: medin@catbyte (Dave Medin)
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- Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville AL
- References: <1992Jul12.200132.8632@csus.edu> <MOTOYAMA.92Jul20140840@harlgw92.harl.hitachi>
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- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 22:53:00 GMT
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- In article <MOTOYAMA.92Jul20140840@harlgw92.harl.hitachi>, motoyama@harl.hitachi (Hiroshi Motoyama) writes:
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- |> Can IGBT's amplify audio signal well? Can they be used for Hi-Fi
- |> audio power amplifiers?
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- IGBT's have been typically slow devices (turn-off), though. Their performance
- is not all that linear, either. They do make GREAT switches, though,
- at frequencies below 100 KHz where the turnoff time is not a factor.
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