Title :
Evaluation and application of SiC diode in three-phase inverters
Author :
Savulak, Stephen ; Miaosen Shen
Author_Institution :
Syst. Dept., United Technol. Res. Center, East Hartford, CT, USA
Abstract :
Due to its very low reverse recovery characteristic, SiC diode brings significant advantage in many applications, especially for high frequency switching converters. Various studies have been conducted for utilization of SiC diodes in applications like power supplies and solar inverters. This paper discusses the advantages of SiC diode in large inverters for motor drive or grid-tied inverter applications, and compares with its Si counterpart.
Keywords :
driver circuits; frequency convertors; invertors; semiconductor diodes; silicon compounds; switching convertors; wide band gap semiconductors; SiC; SiC diode; drive inverter applications; grid-tied inverter applications; high frequency switching converters; power supplies; solar inverters; three-phase inverters; Inverters; Loss measurement; Schottky diodes; Silicon; Silicon carbide; Switches; Switching loss;
Conference_Titel :
Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications (WiPDA), 2013 IEEE Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Columbus, OH
DOI :
10.1109/WiPDA.2013.6695592
