Application of Electrical Circuit Simulations in Hybrid Vehicle Development

Author

Ueta, Takashi ; Nagao, Masaru ; Hamada, Kazuya

Author_Institution

Electron. Dev. Div. 3, Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota, Japan

Volume

60

Issue

2

fYear

2013

fDate

Feb. 2013

Firstpage

544

Lastpage

550

Abstract

This paper describes the application of electrical circuit simulations in intelligent power module development for hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles, and fuel cell vehicles. The limitations of the conventional design and simulation systems are discussed, and efforts for overcoming these limitations are described. The introduction of a physics-based insulated-gate-bipolar-transistor model with a surface-potential MOSFET core into the design flow is described. Finally, future expectations for necessary simulation technology development are given.

Keywords

MOSFET; automotive electronics; circuit simulation; fuel cell vehicles; hybrid electric vehicles; insulated gate bipolar transistors; semiconductor device models; design flow; electric vehicles; electrical circuit simulations; fuel cell vehicles; hybrid vehicle development; intelligent power module development; physics-based insulated gate bipolar transistor model; surface-potential MOSFET core; Circuit simulation; Fuels; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Integrated circuit modeling; Semiconductor device modeling; Switches; Vehicles; Electric vehicle (EV); electrical circuit; fuel cell vehicle (FCV); hybrid vehicle (HV); insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT); intelligent power module (IPM); simulation model;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9383

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TED.2012.2228198

Filename

6376158