Power Semiconductor Devices for Hybrid, Electric, and Fuel Cell Vehicles

Author

Shen, Z. John ; Omura, Ichiro

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL

Volume

95

Issue

4

fYear

2007

fDate

4/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

778

Lastpage

789

Abstract

Power semiconductor devices are key components in all power electronic systems, particularly in hybrid, electric, and fuel cell vehicles. This paper reviews the system requirement and latest development of power semiconductor devices including IGBTs, freewheeling diodes, and advanced power module technology in relating to electric vehicle applications. State-of-the-art silicon device technologies, their future trends, and theoretical limits are discussed. Emerging wide bandgap semiconductor devices such as SiC devices and their potential applications in electric vehicles are also reviewed

Keywords

electric vehicles; fuel cell vehicles; hybrid electric vehicles; insulated gate bipolar transistors; power bipolar transistors; power semiconductor diodes; silicon compounds; wide band gap semiconductors; SiC; SiC devices; advanced power module technology; electric vehicles; freewheeling diodes; fuel cell vehicles; hybrid vehicles; insulated gate bipolar transistors; power electronic systems; power semiconductor devices; silicon device technologies; wide bandgap semiconductor devices; Fuel cell vehicles; Hybrid electric vehicles; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Multichip modules; Power electronics; Power semiconductor devices; Semiconductor diodes; Silicon carbide; Silicon devices; Wide band gap semiconductors; Diodes; insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs); power modules; power semiconductor devices;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JPROC.2006.890118

Filename

4168030