... Technology, N 1-3 3, 2-1 2-1 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 15 2-8 550, Japan,Email: rshimada@nr.titech.ac.jp†Fuji Electric Device Technology Co., Ltd, 4-1 8-1 , Tsukama, Matsumoto, Nagano 39 0-0 821, Japan‡Curamik ... IGBT chip trade-off.Fig. 6. Cross-section diagram of a conventional trench FS-IGBT.switching losses.•Soft-switching: Turn-on is performed at zero current.Zero voltage turn-off is achieved ... Restrictions apply.Fig. 8. VCE(sat) - ICcharacteristics of the conventional trench FS-IGBTand the trench FS-IGBT for MERS.3-level topologies being common. A 3-level configuration isshown in Fig....