Electronic Basics #28: IGBT and when to use them 

Thank you for spreading awareness about the IGBT community

Hi, I thought the following might help save some breadboard wear: At timestamp 1:55 if you twist the three pins of this and similar components by 90 degrees with a pair of needle-nosed pliers, it gives a much better breadboard fit.

This particular subject is so over my head but I think I get the concept. This looks like a really cool project. I am beyond a noob with electronics but I want to start making time to learn in the 2nd half of the year. So I have been watching your videos and learning. I will probably go back and review your "Basics" videos and copy some of the things you did in them to get practical experience. Thank you for making these videos.

Thank you for letting me know about IR2113, it does useful for helping me to make an AC motor controller, by using H bridge with MOSFET .

Great video! Using today no longer existent GT20D101/201 Toshiba IGBT for my CFB audio amplifier, works like a charm but has its tricks!

i really learn a lot from your channel everytime, thank you!!

i love your videos. i wish i can be as good as you are in electronics. haha i don't know what half of the things you say are! but i still watch your videos because they are interesting

Thanks for all your videos. Can you make a review of the new MOSFETs based on silicon carbide (SiC) or gallium nitrade (GaN)?. They can reach more voltage and current than traditional MOSFETs, keeping high frequency (low switching loss) and have low gate charge.

mosfets are great with the gate run from clean square wave signals but are not happy with a linear drive signal. IGBT is vastly superior in this mode acting like a BJT without the high drive currents. I think you said this.

i love your channel, it explains thing so clearly

I might accidentaly have readed LBGT instead of IGBT, but our special investigation team is... well, investigating !

Excellent, very clear

Gracias por traducir!!!!!!....incluyelo en tus próximos vídeos

Nice work

how about to do some Videos about how to build it up? you can also split it in some parts with FET or IGBT. It would be awesome because many people would love to build a SSTC.

Please make more tesla coil videos. ( park gap )

But Greatscott's video without arduino is more rare than P-Channel IGBT :D

Great explanation...

How people should call it,since its half a mosfet and half a bipolar transistor in a single device package that acts like a dual nature in the same time.

Thanks

Grazie mille. Ho bisogno di lezioni come queste.Vedro anche gli altri video. Ho problemi di riscaldamento di transistor epitassiale e non capisco perchè.

Hi GreatScott!, When designing a H-bridge circuit, why are MOSFETS typically used compared to standard transistors? Could we not use the Darlington pair configuration compared to the MOSFET? Could we use MOSFETS in a Darlington pair configuration?

I mainly clicked the video to see LGBT puns in the comments even though I study electronics

As someone who sexually identifies as a bipolar junction transistor, I greatly appreciate your support of the IGBT community.

When people ask me about LGBT, i say oh "lithium gate bipolar transistors..." yeah

Can I use an LGBT instead?

For fast(er) switching on IGBT's, use +15 / -5 V (with respect to the Emitter) to switch on and off respectively. This is how it's done in VSD's etc.

I am ALWAYS VERY impressed by your Ink drawing skills in ALL of your Videos! Great craftpenship!

Make a vide about optocouplers

😍😍This channel is just awesome

Using an LGBT is great with a tesla coil. The tesla will turn the LGBT into a straight person instantly

Anybody used these as high voltage regulators? I built a prototype headphone tube amp that uses IGBT Linear-regulated B+ of about 300v and it seems to work well. I've heard mixed information about using IGBTs as regulators though. I pulled the ones I have from electric range induction cooktop driver boards as I have a nearly limitless supply of defective units to pick parts from.

well, at least you don't have to pay for THIS video

I had never even heard of an IGBT before. Thanks man. I learned something new today.

I'm in AC drives class right now. Today the teacher asked whats this a symbol of? I immediately blurted out LGBT! Everyone in class was laughing. Except the one lesbo chick in the back of the class. Being in California, I'm surprised i wasn't expelled and labeled alt right.

Some words about the losses: The MOSFET has a channel resistance, so the power loss is the switch on resistance times current squared, so R_DSon * I². The IGBT power loss is calculated by voltage drop times current, so U_CE * I. So, the IGBT can handle bigger currents on same chip volume. What I want to say: calculating the loss is in the nature of the chip structure, where channel resistance and PN-junction behaves different in its nature. Only to complete ;-). Great video and really close to the practical side of engineering.

oye, posiblemente te toque traducir este fragmento. vi que quizás era inútil, opinar esto en mi idioma, pero tu video, y la forma en que lo hiciste con eso del lápiz y etc, fue bastante bueno, a pesar de no entenderlo y tener que leerte, los gráficos hablaron por si solos, gran video...…..

I think a video about High-Side switching and bootstrapping MOSFETs would be really awesome.

Nice Video, but are you sure that the IGBT stays on because of the gate capacitor? I think it is also possible that the parasitic BJT ,that can ocure inside a IGBT, lets it turned on. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:IGBT_equivalent_circuit_DE.svg

Not you too, bro! Why does the lgbt community have to attach itself to everything?

dude can you make a video on the opticcopler

Is this why the cool kids call my Arduino projects gay?

can you make video about automatic power factor correction

I personally identify as a 10k Ohm Resistor, but I appreciate the awareness about the IGBT community.

Can someone tell me what is bootstrapping?

Gracias por los subtitulos en español, muy buenos tus vídeos.

SIlicone Carbide (SiC) MOSFETS have similar characteristics as the IGBT about voltage and current capability but with the benefits of lower Rds ON and lower rise and fall times even compared with traditional mosfets but they are not cheap. For tesla coil application I think they are the best option :)

I see you are never late, keep up the good work

can i use an IGBTQ instead?

3 years later the thumbnail screams LGBT ;)

6:50 wrong assigned Collector & Emitter on the BJT (sorry for pointing it out)

Hey greatscott. Great video, I was just wondering, at 6:00 you say that the igbt has a higher on resistance, but it can handle higher current compared to a mosfet. How is this if the laws of power dissipation are uniform? Can the igbt handle a much higher temperature? Or does it dissipate the heat better? Thank you. Graham

Thanks for such an informative video. What about the BJT Sign, I am confused with the arrow at COLLECTOR. I have learnt it at EMITTER.

I really appreciate these basics videos. Also, your English is better than mine.. lol. Nice work, Scott.

I dont get it , its a MOSFET but you have more work.

i need your help with something please. im trying to build a battery pack for my raspberry pi using 18650 lithium ion batteries with a step up converter to step up to 5v the boost board can deliver 3A at 5V (or so the data sheet claims) but the pi keeps turning off and restarting. if i check the current it ranges anywhere between 100mA and 900mA never above 1A or the 2.1A recommended for the Pi 3, im guessing the Pi doesn't receive enough current to stay operational. but if i hook my old phone up to the circuit it draws a solid 950mA. at 5V (which is correct for this device). so im unsure of why the raspberry Pi is all over the place and cuts out but other devices are fine. am i missing something here? i used the schematic from your 'reuse old batteries power bank' video. any advice would be great from anyone, (newbie hobbyist trying to learn more about simple electronics)

Your writing is very good, not bad for a left hander like my daughter. Your videos are very too! Thank You.

1-> MOSFET faster than IGBT 2-> IGBT uses for HIGH voltage applications 3-> MOSFET Conductive losses => Pmosfet = Rds(on) * Id^2 IGBT Conductive losses ==> Pigbt = Vce*Ic 4-> Switching losses are similar. IF Pigbt > Pmosfet, choose MOSFET. Otherwise chose IGBT. (for same voltage and current value)

Hola...!! Excelentes vídeo..!! muy bien explicados..!! Seria bueno que hagas un vídeo explicando las principales diferencias con los nuevos "CREE MOSFET" y los IGBT..!! SALUDOS From ARGENTINA..!!

Besides the verly clear explaination, the synchronized drawing is extremly satisfying and aiding my understanding! I usually watch videos on 3x speed and this video turned out to fill every second with useful information.

Dear sir What is the value of IGBT using switching circuit , to ON for Vge=4v~5v and its output is Vce=250v &above and Ic=Ie=3A &Above and its switching time below 100ns. Thank you.

Thank you for your excellent content! As a request, could you make a video on high voltage buck converter? Something like 400V DC input!

Great demo, However, I would like to switch 5000 V so stacking IGBT is this possible; Let's 5 1200 Volt IGBTS together. I have had no luck with this... Parallel is also tricky? what is the best way to approach this type of problem. In a solid state concept? Switching speed lets 30 to 60 Hz ; on time; 1 us.

Isn't the common reason why MOSFETs are prefered in SMPS' rather than IGBTs the rise/fall time? I could see an overall higher switching transition overlap on the IGBT than on the MOSFET. Meaning high switching losses, right? Therefore a rapid decrease in efficiency. So when are IGBTs used in professional applications?

When talking about the times, at 4:55 and before, neither times for the MOSFET or IGBT fit within the datasheet specs. IGBT: 145ns, 240 ns // MOSFET: 32ns, 160ns. Why do you say that they fit within the specs of the datasheet and sum all the times at 5:01 ?

plz make a video on PSOF-8 mosfets , how to use them, where to use them and how these small Mosfet can carry high currents then normal to-220 mosfets.

Thanks for the great tutorials. I learned a lot through your electronics basics videos. Can you do one on high-power circuits and how to minimize losses/maximize efficiency in them?

@greatscott I was wondering if you had any advice I want to replace my motorcycle starter Solenoid to solid state can you recommend any mosfet's that can handle 12.0v-14.4v with bursts of current around 250 amps. I look forward to hearing from you thank you for your time.

Hi, this is great, simple to understand and straight to the point! How can i access all the tutorials starting from number 1 please? Thanks

1.3 million views wow. First time I came across IGBT was while working for an automotive computer facility.

can you substitute 8N60 (MOSFET) for STGP7NC60HD (IGBI) in a 3 phase washing machine motor?

yay i actually understood something again by the way LOVE YOUR VIDS :-)

NEVER assume a cable's gender

Please help me. I have plasma cutter using igbt (irg4bc30) 6 transistor for inverter bord when I changing them machine will work just a few seconds then all igbt transistor explod directly I have tested all combenants no short circuit .. I wach all your vedios thanks so much for everything you're genius

It looks like I can't do my IGBT/LGBT jokes given that the comments are already over-saturated with them, which is too bad b/c they were effing GENius

Hmmm...he could have called the video: "igbt trannies and when to use them". But he is German and thus avoids talking about how "useful idiots" were used by a certain group during the weimar republic era historically.

ok but when you applying a 32rf across 15 v dc with only 1 resistor than the rate that the load frequencies is reduced to almost nothing because without a2nd resistor to drop a load, the potential stays neutral and nothing is I ducted, which thus, equals a low currency flow and a shortage of change. or ie LGBT fcc= Get Paid, Get Laid

i am impresed this video i am make small 200 watts inverter using H-Bridge inverter please provide detail about use mosfet ,i am already used igbt that makes short circuit i used 15N120 they conduct possitive directly without triggering gate please helpme for improve project ,thank u.

Started reading the comments and I was laughing too much to pay attention. I still don’t know what igbt is but I’m assuming I should be offended. Then again I’m not supposed to “assume” Anything!! I also just heard that the word marijuana is racist. .

You have to understand that the A.K.A. doesn't work both ways. It should be the proper name first, then use A.K.A. followed by other calls you may want to mention. Don't just throw all the names in any order at your own convenience. Hope you don't take this criticism in the wrong way.

I must emit: All Transvestors in the gated community thanks you for commutating awareness! May the collector bless your electrons!

thanks :-) Do you think you could send me a schema for a servo tester I am making a UNDERWATER JET PACK

i was just building a solid state tesla coil, and having some problems with my igbt since i have never used before, you uploaded this video just at the right time thank you.

Hi, if i have an IGBT like I4IMID10012A3 how I calculate the resistor you describe in 3.08min

Maybe some more info could be added but still it's a good intro. Thanks.

Is there another type of IGBT that Vce and Vge is negative? is it just like MOSFET and BJT have n-type and p-type ?

I absolutely HATE people that make their 1s like little up arrows. Just a little tick down at the top is enough! Its the numeral '1' not a directional arrow ! Jeezus.

06:02 , isn't the upper terminal of the transistor where arrow is indicated should be an emitter(E) and not collector(C)? just asking...

hello! But, if I use a tc4420, should I use a 10kohm pull down resistor? Thanks in advance.

Just because you don't understand any of this doesn't mean you have to dislike the video. Yeah, I'm talking to the 49 a-holes who disliked this video.

The transistor is my favourite component

can you makes video about comparison between bootstrap gate driver and isolated power supply gate driver. thank you.

The thing I don't understand is that he connected the emitter directly to ground and the lightbulb in-between the collector and the positive. But if you switch the too let's say put the positive on the emitter and the lightbulb in-between ground and collector. It doesn't seem when I tried that.

how tf did you get the TO-247 package to fit in a breadboard? the pins on my IGBTs are way too big to fit

Hey Scott, I like your power supply, who is the manufacturer? I hope it is not End of Life..

but there are mosfets that are rated at kilo volts and also kilo amps, so mosfets are also for high voltage and current applications, at this point how IGBTs are different than mosfets?

i hate to go off topic but it's sad what people think of lgtb :( specifically makers. I was expecting this sort of people to be more intelligent

Wie baut man eine GTO / IGBT VVVF wie im Zug der DB Hamburg also BR 474? Es gibt da einen RU-vidrr der hat da schon ein paar versuche

I saw cheap big transistors ... I ordered coz why not :D ... then I came here to understand what I actually ordered :P

you have high level of Electronic knowledge . and you use beautiful pen. thank you