How medium voltage solid-state circuit breaker work:A solid-state DC breaker uses power semiconductors to interrupt the fault current. A simple topology of a solid-state DC breaker is shown in Figure. 1. Four diodes and an IGCT represent the main conduction path, while the surge arrester is used to discharge the line inductance in case of a fault. When the DC breaker is tripped, the IGCT is turned off. Due to the inductively stored energy, the voltage across the semiconductors rises quickly and