Title :
Evaluation of silicon carbide devices for hybrid vehicle drives
Author :
Roberts, G.J. ; Bryant, A.T. ; Mawby, P.A. ; Ueta, T. ; Nisijima, T. ; Hamada, K.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Warwick, Coventry
Abstract :
This paper describes an integrated simulation framework for modelling inverter performance, and evaluating power devices in hybrid electric vehicle drives to include SiC Schottky diodes and MOSFETs. Based in MATLAB/Simulink, a novel method of decoupling the device and inverter simulation is used with these new material devices. An illustration is given for a hybrid vehicle subjected to a real driving cycle. The simulation framework offers the potential to rapidly improve the inverter design process, and to evaluate new material device selection quickly.
Keywords :
hybrid electric vehicles; power semiconductor devices; silicon compounds; wide band gap semiconductors; MOSFET; Schottky diodes; SiC; hybrid electric vehicle drives; hybrid vehicle drives; integrated simulation framework; inverter design process; power semiconductor device; silicon carbide devices; Engines; Inverters; MOSFETs; Mechanical power transmission; Predictive models; Schottky diodes; Silicon carbide; Temperature; Vehicle driving; Vehicles; device modelling; hybrid electric vehicle; mission profile; power semiconductor device; silicon carbide;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics and Applications, 2007 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Aalborg
Print_ISBN :
978-92-75815-10-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-92-75815-10-8
DOI :
10.1109/EPE.2007.4417371
