Title :
The new paradigm in power electronics design
Author :
Hudgins, Jeny L. ; Mookken, John ; Beker, Benjamin ; Dougal, Roger A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., South Carolina Univ., Columbia, SC, USA
Abstract :
A new paradigm exists for power electronics converter design. New packaging and integration schemes have led to concepts such as the power electronic building block (PEBB) that removes low-level design problems and treats converters as a functional assembly. In conjunction with power processor integration, virtual prototyping is becoming commonplace in design and testing. Tools such as the Virtual Test Bed (VTB) are being developed that use improved numerical solver technology and language translators to simulate complicated systems that incorporate new and legacy models at all levels
Keywords :
circuit simulation; engineering graphics; packaging; power convertors; power electronics; virtual reality; Virtual Test Bed; functional assembly; integration schemes; language translators; numerical solver technology; packaging; parameter extraction; power electronic building block; power electronics converter design; power electronics design; power processor integration; virtual prototyping; Computational modeling; Electronics packaging; Libraries; Power electronics; Power system modeling; Power system simulation; Power system stability; Software testing; System testing; Virtual prototyping;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics and Drive Systems, 1999. PEDS '99. Proceedings of the IEEE 1999 International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5769-8
DOI :
10.1109/PEDS.1999.794523
