Development of a 10 kW high power density three-phase ac-dc-ac converter using SiC devices

2009 13th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE '09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Lai, Rixin ^a   Wang, Fred ^a   Ning, Puqi ^a   Zhang, Di ^a   Jiang, Dong ^a   Burgos, Rolando ^a   Boroyevich, Dushan ^a   Karimi, Kamiar J ^b   Immanuel, Vikram D ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ac dc ac converter; High power density; SiC devices

Indexed keywords

AC-DC-AC CONVERTERS; BOOST INDUCTORS; CONVERTER SYSTEM; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; GATE DRIVERS; HIGH POWER DENSITY; INPUT FILTER; JUNCTION TEMPERATURES; OPERATING CONDITION; SIC DEVICES; SIC SCHOTTKY DIODE; SWITCHING LOSS; SYSTEM PROTECTION; VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTER;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC LOAD FLOW; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POWER ELECTRONICS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON CARBIDE;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 72949123476     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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