Hello.
I'm trying to figure out how to select IGBTs, and am wondering what to believe.
Here are two half-bridge modules:
CM400DU-12F,
https://www.digikey.com/product-search/en?vendor=0&keywords=cm400du-12f
APTGT300A60G,
https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/APTGT300A60G/APTGT300A60G-ND/1920592
According to the datasheets, the second one outperforms the first by almost every parameter i can see, twice or more times.
Only exception is the max current, which is slightly less.
Turn-on and off times are twice as low, gate capacitance is 4 times less, saturation voltage is less, etc.
However, it's datasheet says it is only good up to 20KHz.
On the other hand, the first (supposedly inferior) one is ran at 50KHz in this popular project with no problems -
https://www.instructables.com/id/30-kVA-Induction-Heater
So, what limits the frequency in the second one?
Is it just marketing understatement of some sort in the datasheet?
Or maybe the first is ran outside of it's capabilities?
AFAIK, the delay times and how fast you can charge the gates are all that matters, no?