Overview of high voltage SiC power semiconductor devices: Development and application

S Ji, Z Zhang, F Wang - CES Transactions on Electrical …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Research on high voltage (HV) silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductor devices has
attracted much attention in recent years. This paper overviews the development and status …

Changes and challenges of photovoltaic inverter with silicon carbide device

Z Zeng, W Shao, H Chen, B Hu, W Chen, H Li… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
High efficiency, high power density, and high reliability are always the technical trends of
converters for renewable energy applications. Silicon carbide (SiC) devices can break …

Highly compact isolated gate driver with ultrafast overcurrent protection for 10 kV SiC MOSFETs

D Rothmund, D Bortis, JW Kolar - CPSS Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon Carbide (SiC) semiconductor technology offers the possibility to manufacture power
devices with un-precedented blocking voltages in the range of 10... 15 kV and superior …

Short-Circuit Characterization and Protection of 10-kV SiC mosfet

S Ji, M Laitinen, X Huang, J Sun… - … on Power Electronics, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the characterization of the temperature-dependent short-circuit
performance of a Gen3 10 kV/20 A silicon carbide (SiC) mosfet. The test platform consisting …

Assessment of 10 kV, 100 A Silicon Carbide mosfet Power Modules

D Johannesson, M Nawaz… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a thorough characterization of 10 kV SiC MOSFET power modules,
equipped with third-generation mosfet chips and without external free-wheeling diodes …

Short-circuit degradation of 10-kV 10-A SiC MOSFET

EP Eni, S Bęczkowski, S Munk-Nielsen… - … on Power Electronics, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The short-circuit behavior of power devices is highly relevant for converter design and fault
protection. In this paper, the degradation during short circuit of a 10-kV 10-A 4H-SiC …

Short Circuit Protection of Silicon Carbide MOSFETs: Challenges, Methods, and Prospects

M Zhang, H Li, Z Yang, S Zhao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the fabulous growth of the renewable energy industry, silicon carbide (SiC) metal-oxide-
semiconductor field-effect transistors (mosfet s) are increasingly finding applications in …

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 …

Comparative assessment of 3.3 kV/400A SiC MOSFET and Si IGBT power modules

C Ionita, M Nawaz, K Ilves… - 2017 IEEE Energy …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a comparative evaluation between a commercial 3.3 kV/400 A Si-IGBT and a
3.3 kV/400 A SiC MOSFET power module in half-bridge configuration is presented. With a …

Short-circuit ruggedness assessment of a 1.2 kV/180 A SiC MOSFET power module

C Ionita, M Nawaz, K Ilves… - 2017 IEEE Energy …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While investigations on short-circuit ruggedness of discrete SiC MOSFET are widely
encountered in the scientific literature, there is not so much research dealing with the …