Fast inverter loss and temperature simulation and silicon carbide device evaluation for hybrid electric vehicle drives

IEEJ Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Bryant, Angus ^a   Roberts, Graham ^a   Walker, Alan ^a,b   Mawby, Philip ^a   Ueta, Takashi ^c   Nisijima, Tosifumi ^a   Hamada, Kimimori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b AVL Powertrain UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compact modeling; Driving cycle; Hybrid vehicle; Power semiconductor devices; Silicon carbide

Indexed keywords

COMPACT MODELING; DEVICE MODELS; DEVICE SELECTION; DRIVING CYCLE; HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE; HYBRID VEHICLES; INTEGRATED FRAMEWORKS; INVERTER LOSS; MATLAB /SIMULINK; NEW MATERIAL; NOVEL METHODS; PERFORMANCE GAIN; PIN DIODE; POWER DEVICES; POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; POWER-LOSSES; POWERTRAIN DESIGN; REAL TIME; SILICON CARBIDE DEVICES; SILICON CARBIDE SCHOTTKY DIODES; SIMULATION FRAMEWORK; TEMPERATURE SIMULATIONS;

AUTOMOBILES; ELECTRIC DRIVES; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; FUZZY CONTROL; LAND VEHICLE PROPULSION; POWER ELECTRONICS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; SILICON CARBIDE; SIMULATORS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 58049117248     PISSN: 09136339     EISSN: 13488163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1541/ieejias.128.441     Document Type: Article

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