Calorimetric comparison of the use of Silicon Carbide diodes in a 100kW matrix converter for aerospace applications

Author

Empringham, Lee ; de Lillo, Liliana ; Wheeler, Pat ; Clare, Jon

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Power Electron., Machines & Control Group, Univ. of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

fYear

2011

fDate

Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 1 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

A 100kW matrix converter designed for aerospace applications using Silicon Carbide schottky barrier diodes and silicon IGBTs to construct the power circuit is presented. Calorimetric methods will be used to determine improvements in switching losses. The research aim is to increase switching frequencies in order to minimise passive component size.

Keywords

Schottky diodes; avionics; calorimetry; frequency convertors; matrix convertors; power semiconductor diodes; silicon compounds; switching convertors; wide band gap semiconductors; SiC; aerospace application; calorimetric comparison; calorimetric method; matrix converter; passive component size; power 100 kW; power circuit; silicon IGBT; silicon carbide Schottky barrier diodes; switching frequency; switching loss; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Loss measurement; Matrix converters; Schottky diodes; Silicon carbide; Switches; AC/AC Converter; Matrix Converters; Silicon Carbide (SiC); Wide Bandgap semiconductors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Applications (EPE 2011), Proceedings of the 2011-14th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Birmingham

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-167-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-90-75815-15-3

Type

conf

Filename

6020634