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 …

Turn-on Delay Based Real-Time Junction Temperature Measurement for SiC MOSFETs With Aging Compensation

F Yang, S Pu, C Xu, B Akin - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Online junction temperature (T j) measurement enables robust power converter operations
by providing overtemperature protection and condition monitoring of the power devices. For …

Investigation Into Active Gate-Driving Timing Resolution and Complexity Requirements for a 1200 V 400 A Silicon Carbide Half Bridge Module

M Parker, I Sahin, R Mathieson… - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon Carbide MOSFETs have lower switching losses when compared to similarly rated
Silicon IGBT, but exhibit faster switching edges, larger overshoots and increased oscillatory …

GaN based High Frequency Power Electronic Interfaces: Challenges, Opportunities, and Research Roadmap

M Baker, S Jain, MB Shadmand - 2021 IEEE Power and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many industrial applications demand high-efficiency and high-power density power
electronic interfaces (PEI), resulting in adoption of emerging wide band gap (WBG) and ultra …

Gate-Drive Circuits for Adaptive Operation of SiC MOSFETs

GL Rødal, D Peftitsis - IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presentstwonovel adaptive gate driving concepts for silicon carbide (SiC) metal-
oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (mosfet s). The first concept is based on the …

CMOS Gate Driver with fast short circuit protection for SiC MOSFETs

Y Barazi, N Rouger… - 2020 32nd International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents an alternative solution to the short circuit challenges commonly faced
by SiC MOSFETs power transistors. In response to this issue, a dedicated fast CMOS active …

Data-driven model-based smart control of intelligent gate drive for converter operational performance improvement

D Qin, L Wang, S **, Z Zhang - 2021 IEEE Applied Power …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intelligent gate drive with tunable drivability to achieve optimal switching performance
tradeoff can improve converter operational performance, especially for high-speed wide …

Fast Switching of GaN Transistors using a Boosted Gate Voltage

E Shelton, D Rogers, P Palmer - 2023 25th European …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a gate-driving strategy for achieving fast switching edges from GaN
HEMT transistors. Switching losses can be reduced by using zero-ohms external gate …

Fast short-circuit protection for SiC MOSFETs in extreme short-circuit conditions by integrated functions in CMOS-ASIC technology

Y Barazi - 2020 - theses.hal.science
Wide bandgap power transistors such as SiC MOSFETs and HEMTs GaN push furthermore
the classical compromises in power electronics. Briefly, significant gains have been …

Driving, monitoring and protection technology for SiC devices using intelligent gate drive: An overview

Z Zhang - 2020 IEEE 9th International Power Electronics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper overviews the intelligent gate drive for silicon carbide (SiC) devices. Beyond the
traditional isolation and amplification functionalities, the focus of this paper is the advanced …