Assessing the impact of SiC MOSFETs on converter interfaces for distributed energy resources

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 260-270

  Carr, Joseph Alexander ^a   Hotz, Daniel ^a   Balda, Juan Carlos ^a   Mantooth, H Alan ^a   Ong, Alvin ^a   Agarwal, Anant ^b  

^a 3202 Bell Engineering Center   (United States)

^b Arkansas Power Electronics International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

DC DC converters; Distributed energy resources (DERs); Full bridge; Silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET; Zero current zero voltage switching

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM STABILITY; DC-DC CONVERTERS; DIODES; DISPLAY DEVICES; ELECTRIC LOAD DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ENERGY RESOURCES; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MOSFET DEVICES; SILICON; SILICON CARBIDE; SWITCHING FREQUENCY;

CONDUCTION LOSS; CONVERTER INTERFACES; DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES (DERS); DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING SAMPLES; FAST SWITCHING; FULL BRIDGE; FULL-BRIDGE CONVERTERS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; IDEAL DIODES; INTEGRAL COMPONENTS; LOWER SWITCHING LOSS; MOSFETS; PASSIVE COMPONENTS; POWER DEVICES; SI DEVICES; SIC DEVICES; SIC DIODES; SILICON CARBIDE (SIC) MOSFET; SIZE REDUCTIONS; SWITCHING LOSS; ZERO-CURRENT ZERO-VOLTAGE SWITCHING; ZERO-CURRENT-SWITCHING;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 61649123528     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2008.2005500     Document Type: Article

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