Short circuit protection remains one of the major technical barriers in DC microgrids. This
paper reviews state of the art of DC solid state circuit breakers (SSCBs). A new concept of a …

DC circuit protection applications provide a unique market opportunity for wide-bandgap
(WBG) semiconductors, which are outside the conventional focus on power electronic …

Protection against short-circuit faults remains a major technical challenge in increasingly
popular dc power networks. This paper describes a new concept of a self-powered dc solid …

The transient overvoltage and oscillation phenomena, which are caused by its high
switching speed in a solid-state dc circuit breaker based on the silicon carbide (SiC) metal …

This paper introduces a new self-powered solid state circuit breaker (SSCB) concept using a
normally-on SiC JFET as the main static switch and a fast-starting isolated DC/DC converter …

Solid State Circuit Breakers (SSCBs) are an attractive protection solution for their arcless
current interruption and fast actuation speeds over mechanical breakers. This paper …

This paper reports a SiC-based solid-state circuit breaker (SSCB) with an adjustable current-
time (It) trip** profile for both ultrafast short circuit protection and overload protection. The …

This paper reports self-powered, autonomously operated bidirectional solid state circuit
breakers (SSCB) with two back-to-back connected normally-on SiC JFETs as the main static …

Short circuit protection remains one of the major technical barriers in DC power systems.
This paper introduces a new concept of ultrafast autonomous SSCBs. The new SSCB …

A requirement for the commercialization of power SiC transistors is their long term reliable
operation under the hard-switching conditions and high temperatures encountered in the …