A comprehensive study of short-circuit ruggedness of silicon carbide power MOSFETs

G Romano, A Fayyaz, M Riccio… - IEEE Journal of …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The behavior of silicon carbide (SiC) power MOSFETs under stressful short-circuit (SC)
conditions is investigated in this paper. Two different SC failure phenomena for SiC power …

Comparison and discussion on shortcircuit protections for silicon-carbide MOSFET modules: Desaturation versus Rogowski switch-current sensor

S Mocevic, J Wang, R Burgos… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Survivability of silicon-carbide (SiC) mosfet modules during short circuit (SC) is essential for
modern power electronics systems due to large economic implications. SiC mosfet modules …

A gate drive with power over fiber-based isolated power supply and comprehensive protection functions for 15-kV SiC MOSFET

X Zhang, H Li, JA Brothers, L Fu… - IEEE Journal of …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a 15kV silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET gate drive, which features high
common-mode (CM) noise immunity, small size, light weight, and robust yet flexible …

A short-circuit safe operation area identification criterion for SiC MOSFET power modules

PD Reigosa, F Iannuzzo, H Luo… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a new method for the investigation of the short-circuit safe operation
area (SCSOA) of state-of-the-art SiC MOSFET power modules rated at 1.2 kV based on the …

Assessment of 10 kV, 100 A Silicon Carbide mosfet Power Modules

D Johannesson, M Nawaz… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a thorough characterization of 10 kV SiC MOSFET power modules,
equipped with third-generation mosfet chips and without external free-wheeling diodes …

Robustness in short-circuit mode: Benchmarking of 600V GaN HEMTs with power Si and SiC MOSFETs

N Badawi, AE Awwad… - 2016 IEEE Energy …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A short-circuit eg in a half-bridge converter is a severe and potentially destructive operation
condition for a power transistor and needs to be turned-off quickly and safely. In order to …

Short-Circuit protection for SiC MOSFET based on PCB-Type rogowski current sensor: Design guidelines, practical solutions, and performance validation

JA Lee, DH Sim, BK Lee - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, a robust short-circuit (SC) protection circuit using Rogowski current sensor
(RCS) for SiC mosfet-based power conversion systems is proposed, along with the detailed …

Measurements and review of failure mechanisms and reliability constraints of 4h-SiC power MOSFETS under short circuit events

R Yu, S Jahdi, O Alatise… - … on Device and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The reliability of the SiC MOSFET has always been a factor hindering the device application,
especially under high voltage and high current conditions, such as in the short circuit events …

Requirements of short-circuit detection methods and turn-off for wide band gap semiconductors

A März, T Bertelshofer, R Horff… - CIPS 2016; 9th …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper adds some new results on the short circuit (SC) robustness of novel wide
bandgap (WBG) devices presented in [1-3] for 1.2 kV SiC MOSFETs but also for other …

A temperature-dependent analytical model of SiC MOSFET short-circuit behavior considering parasitic parameters

P **ang, R Hao, X You - … of Emerging and Selected Topics in …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The superior electrical and thermal characteristics of silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs bring
major challenges to its short-circuit reliability. To fully understand its short-circuit mechanism …