A review of switching slew rate control for silicon carbide devices using active gate drivers

S Zhao, X Zhao, Y Wei, Y Zhao… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Driving solutions for power semiconductor devices are experiencing new challenges since
the emerging wide bandgap power devices, such as silicon carbide (SiC), with superior …

Modulation, losses, and semiconductor requirements of modular multilevel converters

S Rohner, S Bernet, M Hiller… - IEEE transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes the operation of modular multilevel converter, an emerging and highly
attractive topology for medium-and high-voltage applications. A new pulsewidth-modulation …

A comparison of three-level converters versus two-level converters for low-voltage drives, traction, and utility applications

R Teichmann, S Bernet - IEEE Transactions on Industry …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper evaluates three-level topologies as alternatives to two-level topologies in
converters for low-voltage applications. Topologies, semiconductor losses, filter aspects …

[BOG][B] Electric drives

I Boldea, SA Nasar - 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
Electric Drives provides a practical understanding of the subtleties involved in the operation
of modern electric drives. The Third Edition of this bestselling textbook has been fully …

DC bus voltage control for a distributed power system

P Karlsson, J Svensson - IEEE transactions on Power …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addresses voltage control of distributed DC power systems. DC power systems
have been discussed as a result of the introduction of renewable, small-scale power …

Design and comparison of 4-kV neutral-point-clamped, flying-capacitor, and series-connected H-bridge multilevel converters

SS Fazel, S Bernet, D Krug… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes the design of a (4-kV, 4.16-MVA) three-level neutral-point-clamped-,
three-level flying-capacitor-, four-level flying-capacitor-, and nine-level seriesconnected H …

Wind speed estimation based sensorless output maximization control for a wind turbine driving a DFIG

W Qiao, W Zhou, JM Aller… - IEEE transactions on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a wind speed estimation based sensorless maximum wind power
tracking control for variable-speed wind turbine generators (WTGs). A specific design of the …

Complete loss and thermal model of power semiconductors including device rating information

K Ma, AS Bahman, S Beczkowski… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Thermal loading of power devices are closely related to the reliability performance of the
whole converter system. The electrical loading and device rating are both important factors …

A novel three-phase three-leg AC/AC converter using nine IGBTs

C Liu, B Wu, NR Zargari, D Xu… - IEEE transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a novel three-phase nine-switch ac/ac converter topology. This
converter features sinusoidal inputs and outputs, unity input power factor, and more …

Comparison of 2.3-kV medium-voltage multilevel converters for industrial medium-voltage drives

D Krug, S Bernet, SS Fazel, K Jalili… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper compares the expense of power semiconductors and passive components of a
(2.3 kV, 2.4 MVA) two-level, three-level neutral-point-clamped, three-level flying-capacitor …