Evaluation of Switching Performance of SiC Devices in PWM Inverter-Fed Induction Motor Drives

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 5701-5711

  Zhang, Zheyu ^a   Wang, Fred ^a   Tolbert, Leon M ^a   Blalock, Benjamin J ^a   Costinett, Daniel J ^a  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor Drives; SiC Devices; Switching Performance

Indexed keywords

AC MOTORS; CABLES; CAPACITANCE; DRIVES; ELECTRIC DRIVES; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC MOTORS; HEAT SINKS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SILICON CARBIDE; SWITCHING; TELECOMMUNICATION CABLES; TITRATION;

CAPACITIVE COUPLING EFFECTS; COUPLING CAPACITANCE; INDUCTION MOTOR DRIVE; JUNCTION CAPACITANCES; MOTOR DRIVE; SIC DEVICES; SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS; SWITCHING PERFORMANCE;

INDUCTION MOTORS;

EID: 84930618167     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2014.2375827     Document Type: Article

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