[Milsurplus] Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors

[David Stinson]

Someone smarter than me said:

>> 2000 volts at 1 amp.  I series eight or ten of these for a large
>> breakdown margin and hook all the gates together.

>Won't you exceed the gate-emitter rating doing that? Each of the ten IGBTs 
>will have about 200 volts across it in a ladder. Doesn't that mean each 
>gate (grid) needs to be 200 volts up a ladder as well?

DOH! (slapping forehead).