Temperature-independent gate-oxide degradation monitoring of SiC MOSFETs based on junction capacitances

M Farhadi, F Yang, S Pu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Gate-oxide degradation has been one of the major reliability challenges of SiC MOSFETs
and should be monitored carefully to avoid unexpected power converter failures. Various …

Full-bridge fault-tolerant isolated DC–DC converters: Overview of technologies and application challenges

A Bakeer, A Chub, D Vinnikov - IEEE Power Electronics …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nowadays, energy generation is on the path from centralized to distributed generation
paradigm to improve the efficiency and resilience of power systems. One of the major …

AC power cycling test setup and condition monitoring tools for SiC-based traction inverters

M Farhadi, BT Vankayalapati… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
AC power cycling tests allow the most realistic reliability assessment by applying close to
real stress to the device or module under test to meet functional safety standards, which is …

Design and analysis of a switched‐capacitor DC‐DC converter with variable conversion ratio

N Vosoughi Kurdkandi, M Farhadi… - … Journal of Circuit …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In order to increase the low voltage of renewable energy systems to a relatively high bus
voltage for the downstream DC‐AC grid‐connected inverter, a new DC‐DC switched …

Gate-oxide degradation monitoring of SiC MOSFETs based on transfer characteristic with temperature compensation

M Farhadi, BT Vankayalapati… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Gate-oxide degradation is a concern in silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs especially in safety-
critical applications such as aerospace and electric vehicles (EVs). To address this concern …

Fault current limiter dynamic voltage restorer (FCL-DVR) with reduced number of components

P Ghavidel, M Farhadi… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, a new dual-function fault-current limiter-dynamic voltage restorer (FCL-DVR)
topology is proposed. The proposed structure, in addition to performing routine FCL tasks …

Three-phase filter-clamped transformerless inverter for grid-connected photovoltaic systems with low leakage current

R Rahimi, M Farhadi, GR Moradi… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a Filter-Clamped (FC) inverter is employed as a three-phase grid-connected
Transformerless Photovoltaic (TLPV) inverter. TLPV inverters are more efficient and more …

Three-switch three-phase inverter with improved DC voltage utilization

M Farhadi, M Abapour - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a new dc–ac converter with a reduced number of semiconductor
switches and gate drive and control circuit components. A salient feature of this inverter is its …

[PDF][PDF] Comprehensive analysis for electric field and potential for polymeric and ceramic insulators

MSS Nia, M Altimania, P Shamsi… - American Journal of …, 2020 - researchgate.net
The principal object of this paper is to provide a comprehensive approach for parallel
processing of potential and electric field calculations. The approach investigated under dry …

Fault-tolerant performance enhancement of DC-DC converters with high-speed fault clearing-unit based redundant power switch configurations

T Rahimi, HK Jahan, A Abadifard… - 2021 IEEE Electrical …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fault detection and reconfiguration in fault-tolerant converters may complicated and
necessitate using all-purpose microprocessors and high-speed sensors to guarantee the …