18 kW three phase inverter system using hermetically sealed SiC phase-leg power modules

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1108-1112

  Zhang, Hui ^a   Tolbert, Leon M ^b,d   Han, Jung Hee ^c   Chinthavali, Madhu S ^d   Barlow, Fred ^e  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^c Global Power Electronics   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; High temperature; Inverter; Packaging; SiC JFET; Silicon Carbide (SiC)

Indexed keywords

CONSERVE ENERGY; DEVICE CHARACTERIZATION; END CUSTOMERS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-TEMPERATURE CAPABILITY; HIGH-TEMPERATURE PACKAGING; INVERTER; INVERTER RATING; INVERTER-BASED; LOAD LEVELS; POWER MODULE; POWER RATINGS; PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT; SAVE ENERGY; SWITCHING LOSS; THREE PHASE INVERTER SYSTEMS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; POWER ELECTRONICS; SILICON CARBIDE;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77952200634     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2010.5433365     Document Type: Conference Paper

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