Research of inverter switching devices in series arrangement

Today, power electronic converters have an extensive area of usage. As the one of these power electronic converters, DC ? AC converters (also known as inverters) are also used for a wide variety of applications.Using serially connected switching devices for inverter circuits is an important issue and provides several advantages such as low - cost and better switching characteristics.In this paper, availability of using switching devices in series for inverter circuits is examined. Consequently, half - bridge inverter circuits (2 MOSFETs in series and 3 MOSFETs in series) are simulated. Then half ? bridge inverter circuit with 2 MOSFETs in series is built and tested in laboratory. For all simulations and laboratory works; IRFS4410 (100V) model numbered MOSFETs are used as main switching devices. In brief; compatibleness, adaptability and power sharing capability of MOSFETs are tested and test results bring to a successful conclusion.