Opportunities, challenges, and potential solutions in the application of fast-switching SiC power devices and converters

X Yuan, I Laird, S Walder - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Power devices based on wide-bandgap material such as silicon carbide (SiC) can operate
at higher switching speeds, higher voltages, and higher temperatures compared to those …

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 …

68.9% efficient GaAs‐based photonic power conversion enabled by photon recycling and optical resonance

H Helmers, E Lopez, O Höhn, D Lackner… - physica status solidi …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
For solar cells operating under the broad‐band solar spectrum, the photovoltaic conversion
efficiency is fundamentally limited by transmission and thermalization losses. For …

10-kV SiC MOSFET power module with reduced common-mode noise and electric field

CM DiMarino, B Mouawad, CM Johnson… - … on Power Electronics, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The advancement of silicon carbide (SiC) power devices with voltage ratings exceeding 10
kV is expected to revolutionize medium-and high-voltage systems. However, present power …

Design of a 10 kV SiC MOSFET-based high-density, high-efficiency, modular medium-voltage power converter

S Mocevic, J Yu, B Fan, K Sun, Y Xu, J Stewart… - IEnergy, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Simultaneously imposed challenges of high-voltage insulation, high dv/dt, high-switching
frequency, fast protection, and thermal management associated with the adoption of 10 kV …

Parasitic capacitive couplings in medium voltage power electronic systems: An overview

BF Kjærsgaard, G Liu, MR Nielsen… - … on Power Electronics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent developments within the field of medium voltage wide-bandgap semiconductor
devices are drawing attention from both researchers and industries due to the demanding …

7.2-kV Single-Stage Solid-State Transformer Based on the Current-Fed Series Resonant Converter and 15-kV SiC mosfets

Q Zhu, L Wang, AQ Huang, K Booth… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a novel two-level single-stage direct ac-ac converter for realizing a 7.2-
kV medium-voltage (MV) solid-state transformer (SST) based on 15-kV SiC mosfets. A new …

Adaptive multi-level active gate drivers for SiC power devices

S Zhao, A Dearien, Y Wu, C Farnell… - … on Power Electronics, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
State-of-the-art silicon carbide (SiC) power devices provide superior performance over
silicon devices with much higher switching frequencies/speed and lower losses. High …

Over 40-W electric power and optical data transmission using an optical fiber

M Matsuura, H Nomoto, H Mamiya… - … on Power Electronics, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Simultaneous over 40-W electric power and optical data transmission using an optical fiber
is demonstrated for optically powered remote antenna units in future mobile communication …

High-scalability enhanced gate drivers for SiC MOSFET modules with transient immunity beyond 100 V/ns

J Wang, S Mocevic, R Burgos… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon-carbide (SiC) transistors with growing readiness for the power converter market have
raised an emerging need for high-performance gate driver (GD) units to maximize their …