Testing of a lightweight SiC power module for avionic applications
Functional and performance tests of a three-phase, two-level power module based on CREE 1.2kV SiC MOSFETs for avionic applications is presented in this paper. SiC devices have superior properties over conventional Si devices at high voltage operations and these properties make SiC devices at-tractiv...
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| author | Gurpinar, Emre Lopez Arevalo, Saul Li, Jianfeng De, D. Castellazzi, Alberto Mills, Liam |
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| description | Functional and performance tests of a three-phase, two-level power module based on CREE 1.2kV SiC MOSFETs for avionic applications is presented in this paper. SiC devices have superior properties over conventional Si devices at high voltage operations and these properties make SiC devices at-tractive for avionic industry in order to reduce size of power electronic converters while maintaining high efficiency. This paper starts with a brief explanation of thermo-mechanical de¬sign approach of SiC power module. Thermo-mechanical de¬sign is followed by test setup and experimental results for dif¬ferent load and switching frequency conditions. The module is tested up to 540V DC link voltage, 6kW output power with 100kHz switching frequency. Experimental results show that the module can be successfully operated with high efficiency at high switching frequencies. |
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| spelling | nottingham-441702020-05-04T16:49:18Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44170/ Testing of a lightweight SiC power module for avionic applications Gurpinar, Emre Lopez Arevalo, Saul Li, Jianfeng De, D. Castellazzi, Alberto Mills, Liam Functional and performance tests of a three-phase, two-level power module based on CREE 1.2kV SiC MOSFETs for avionic applications is presented in this paper. SiC devices have superior properties over conventional Si devices at high voltage operations and these properties make SiC devices at-tractive for avionic industry in order to reduce size of power electronic converters while maintaining high efficiency. This paper starts with a brief explanation of thermo-mechanical de¬sign approach of SiC power module. Thermo-mechanical de¬sign is followed by test setup and experimental results for dif¬ferent load and switching frequency conditions. The module is tested up to 540V DC link voltage, 6kW output power with 100kHz switching frequency. Experimental results show that the module can be successfully operated with high efficiency at high switching frequencies. 2014-06-19 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Gurpinar, Emre, Lopez Arevalo, Saul, Li, Jianfeng, De, D., Castellazzi, Alberto and Mills, Liam (2014) Testing of a lightweight SiC power module for avionic applications. In: 7th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2014), 8-10 April 2014, Manchester, UK. SiC silicon carbide MOSFET SiC power mod¬ule high-frequency inverter three-phase inverter avionic sys¬tems |
| spellingShingle | SiC silicon carbide MOSFET SiC power mod¬ule high-frequency inverter three-phase inverter avionic sys¬tems Gurpinar, Emre Lopez Arevalo, Saul Li, Jianfeng De, D. Castellazzi, Alberto Mills, Liam Testing of a lightweight SiC power module for avionic applications |
| title | Testing of a lightweight SiC power module for avionic applications |
| title_full | Testing of a lightweight SiC power module for avionic applications |
| title_fullStr | Testing of a lightweight SiC power module for avionic applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Testing of a lightweight SiC power module for avionic applications |
| title_short | Testing of a lightweight SiC power module for avionic applications |
| title_sort | testing of a lightweight sic power module for avionic applications |
| topic | SiC silicon carbide MOSFET SiC power mod¬ule high-frequency inverter three-phase inverter avionic sys¬tems |
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