Title :
Failure mechanisms in MOSFET square-wave drivers for wireless power transfer applications
Author :
Beams, D.M. ; Annam, S.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX, USA
Abstract :
Reports from experimental laboratory work have described catastrophic failure of power MOSFETs used in square-wave voltage sources driving resonant four-coil wireless power-transfer (WPT) networks. Simulation with PSpice has duplicated the problem, identified its probable origins, and presents possible avenues for amelioration.
Keywords :
circuit simulation; driver circuits; power MOSFET; MOSFET square-wave driver; PSpice; WPT network; catastrophic failure; failure mechanism; four-coil wireless power-transfer network; power MOSFET; square-wave voltage sources driving resonant; wireless power transfer application; Load modeling; Logic gates; MOSFET; Semiconductor device modeling; Switches; Wireless communication; MOSFET; failure; wireless power transfer;
Conference_Titel :
System Theory (SSST), 2013 45th Southeastern Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Waco, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0037-4
DOI :
10.1109/SSST.2013.6524951
