A 55-kW three-phase inverter based on hybrid-switch soft-switching modules for high-temperature hybrid electric vehicle drive application

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 962-969

  Sun, Pengwei ^a   Lai, Jih Sheng ^a   Liu, Chuang ^a   Yu, Wensong ^a  

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

Author keywords

High efficiency; high temperature; hybrid electrical vehicle; hybrid switch; soft switching module; three phase inverter

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION LOSS; COOLANT TEMPERATURE; DIFFERENTIAL CALORIMETERS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HIGHLY INTEGRATED; HYBRID ELECTRICAL VEHICLE; HYBRID SWITCH; INDUCTIVE LOADS; MOS-FET; PEAK EFFICIENCY; POWER METERS; SOFT-SWITCHING INVERTERS; SWITCHING LOSS; TEST CONDITION; THREE-PHASE INVERTER;

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; HYBRID VEHICLES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

SOFT SWITCHING;

EID: 84861391269     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2012.2191169     Document Type: Conference Paper

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