Study of voltage balancing techniques for series-connected insulated gate power devices

VU Pawaskar, G Gohil… - IEEE Journal of Emerging …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An efficient and cost-effective medium-voltage (MV) power semiconductor switch capable of
high switching speed is highly desirable for many existing and emerging high-power MV …

A single gate driver based solid-state circuit breaker using series connected SiC MOSFETs

Y Ren, X Yang, F Zhang, F Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Semiconductor devices based solid-state circuit breakers (SSCBs) are promising in the dc
power distribution system as protective equipment for their ultrashort action time. This letter …

A compact series-connected SiC MOSFETs module and its application in high voltage nanosecond pulse generator

L Pang, T Long, K He, Y Huang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nanosecond pulse discharge plasma has many prospects in industrial applications, and
high-voltage repetitive nanosecond pulse generators with compact design and light weight …

An active voltage balancing control based on adjusting driving signal time delay for series-connected SiC MOSFETs

T Wang, H Lin, S Liu - IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Limited by low availability, high price, and poor switching performance of high-voltage
power devices, connecting low-voltage devices in series to block much higher voltages is …

Self-powered 380 V DC SiC solid-state circuit breaker and fault current limiter

D Marroqui, JM Blanes, A Garrigos… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new ultrafast dc solid-state circuit breaker (SSCB) that uses a silicon
carbide cascode as the main switching and limiting semiconductor and an isolated …

7.2-kV/60-A Austin SuperMOS: An intelligent medium-voltage SiC power switch

L Zhang, S Sen, AQ Huang - IEEE Journal of Emerging and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to enable medium-voltage applications at an operation voltage of 5-kV level, a novel
7.2-kV/60-A Austin SuperMOS SiC power switch is developed. Static and dynamic …

A dc solid-state circuit breaker based on transient current commutation

R Kheirollahi, H Zhang, S Zhao… - IEEE Journal of Emerging …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes a new dc solid-state circuit breaker (SSCB) based on silicon carbide
(SiC) MOSFETs. There are two main contributions. First, a transient current commutation …

Voltage balancing control of series-connected SiC MOSFETs by using energy recovery snubber circuits

F Zhang, X Yang, W Chen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Power semiconductor switches are usually connected in series to achieve higher blocking
voltage. However, the series-operation of semiconductor devices is not easy due to unequal …

High precision gate signal timing control based active voltage balancing scheme for series-connected fast switching field-effect transistors

Z Zhang, H Gui, J Niu, R Chen, F Wang… - 2018 IEEE Applied …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the low availability, high cost, and limited performance of high voltage power devices
in high voltage high power applications, series-connection of low voltage switches is …

Design and comparison of passive gate driver solution for series-connected power devices in DC circuit breaker applications

J Liu, L Ravi, D Dong, R Burgos… - 2021 IEEE Fourth …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The dc circuit breaker (DCCB) plays an important protection role in the dc distribution
systems. And series power device stack is usually employed in the solid-state circuit breaker …