High-power electronic applications enabled by medium voltage silicon-carbide technology: An overview

MR Nielsen, S Deng, AB Mirza… - … on Power Electronics, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the electrification of society and the green transition, the need for efficient high-power
electronic converters to support the electricity demand is at an all-time high. A key enabler is …

State-of-the-art medium-and high-voltage silicon carbide power modules, challenges and mitigation techniques: A review

Y Li, AB Mirza, Y **e, S Deng, SS Vala… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon carbide (SiC) power modules have been demonstrated potential for improving power
density and efficiency for low-voltage (LV) power electronics systems. This has resulted in a …

A 10 kV SiC MOSFET power module with optimized system interface and electric field distribution

X Li, Y Chen, H Chen, R Paul, X Song… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article introduces a holistic and systematic design methodology tailored to the 10 kV
silicon carbide (SiC) mosfet power modules. Multiobjective optimization was achieved with …

Current-source solid-state DC transformer integrating LVDC microgrid, energy storage, and renewable energy into MVDC grid

L Zheng, RP Kandula, D Divan - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2021‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Solid-state dc transformer to integrate low-voltage dc (LVdc) microgrid, wind turbine (WT)
generator, photovoltaic (PV), and energy storage (ES) into medium-voltage (MV) direct …

Power cell design and assessment methodology based on a high-current 10-kV SiC MOSFET half-bridge module

S Mocevic, J Yu, Y Xu, J Stewart, J Wang… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While 10-kV silicon-carbide (SiC) MOSFETs are gradually penetrating medium-voltage (MV)
applications, intertwined challenges concerning high-voltage insulation, high dv/dt …

500 kW Forced Air-Cooled Silicon Carbide (SiC) Three-Phase DC/AC Converter With a Power Density of 1.246 MW/m3 and Efficiency >98.5%

Y Li, Y Zhang, X Yuan, L Zhang, Z Song… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There is a continuous demand for high-power, high-efficiency, and high-density converters
in various existing and emerging applications such as large motor drives, electric vehicles …

Analysis of voltage sharing of series-connected SiC MOSFETs and body-diodes

X Lin, L Ravi, Y Zhang, R Burgos… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, SiC MOSFETs have gained strong attention in medium-voltage power
conversion applications. To increase the blocking voltage level, series-connection of SiC …

Hybrid voltage balancing approach for series-connected SiC MOSFETs for DC–AC medium-voltage power conversion applications

X Lin, L Ravi, R Burgos, D Dong - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Using series-connected SiC mosfets to enable high-speed switching units is desired to meet
the growing demand for high-density medium-voltage power converters. Due to its fast …

Comprehensive analysis and improvement methods of noise immunity of desat protection for high voltage SiC MOSFETs with high DV/DT

X Huang, S Ji, C Nie, D Li, M Lin… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2021‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper comprehensively analyzes desaturation (desat) protection for high voltage (> 3.3
kV) silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs and especially how to build in noise immunity under high …

10 kV SiC MOSFET based medium voltage power conditioning system for asynchronous microgrids

R Chen, F Wang, LM Tolbert, X Huang, D Li… - IEEE …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Distributed energy resources (DERs) and microgrids have seen tremendous growth and
research activities in recent years. Flexible DERs and asynchronous microgrids (ASMG) can …