%0 Conference Paper %F Oral %T Component-evaluation facility for high current (200 A), short time (2µs) avalanche testing %+ Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) %+ ESIM (ESIM) %A Lausenaz, Yvan %A Villard, Jean-François %A Chatroux, Daniel %A Lafore, Dominique %< avec comité de lecture %B PCIM'99 - International Conference on Power Conversion and Intelligent Motion %C Nuremberg, Germany %8 1999-06-22 %D 1999 %Z Engineering Sciences [physics]/Electric powerConference papers %X The new project for uranium enrichment SILVA (joint program CEA-COGEMA) needs specific power converters. These have been studied since 5 years by the Copper vapor laser Technology and Electrotechnique Laboratory of the C.E.A. in Pierrelatte. The aim of this laboratory consists in developing solid-state converters. In order to acquire a very good knowledge about components performances, tools were needed to characterize power components in extreme conditions. So a componentevaluation facility for high current short time avalanche testing has been created and is presented below. %G English %2 https://cea.hal.science/cea-03293784/document %2 https://cea.hal.science/cea-03293784/file/PCIM%2099%20Component-evaluation%20facility%20for%20avalanche%20testing.pdf %L cea-03293784 %U https://cea.hal.science/cea-03293784 %~ CEA