• DocumentCode
    3086184
  • Title

    Remarkable advances in SiC power device technology for ultra high power systems

  • Author

    Imaizumi, Masayuki ; Hasegawa, Shun ; Sumitani, H. ; Iwasaki, Makoto ; Hino, Shigekazu ; Watanabe, Toshio ; Hamada, Kazuya ; Miura, Naruhisa ; Nakata, Sho ; Yamakawa, Satoshi

  • Author_Institution
    Power Device Works, Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Fukuoka, Japan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-11 Dec. 2013
  • Abstract
    This paper reports our recent results on high voltage and large current SiC power devices and power modules for high power applications. A railcar traction inverter system equipped with 1200A/1700V SiC hybrid modules exhibits great advantages in size, weight and power consumption compared to a conventional Si inverter system. Reliability of SiC-MOSFETs and characteristics of large current 1200V and 3300V SiC-MOSFETs are also presented and discussed.
  • Keywords
    invertors; power MOSFET; railways; semiconductor device reliability; silicon compounds; wide band gap semiconductors; SiC; current 1200 A; power MOSFET; power device technology; railcar traction inverter system; reliability; ultra high power systems; voltage 1200 V; voltage 1700 V; voltage 3300 V; Inverters; Logic gates; MOSFET; Reliability; Resistance; Silicon carbide;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2013 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEDM.2013.6724575
  • Filename
    6724575