• DocumentCode
    136982
  • Title

    Transient unbalanced current analysis and suppression for parallel-connected silicon carbide MOSFETs

  • Author

    Min Du ; Xiaofeng Ding ; Hong Guo ; Jiaqi Liang

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Autom. Sci. & Electr. Eng., BeiHang Univ., Beijing, China
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Aug. 31 2014-Sept. 3 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    In this paper, the inevitable unbalanced current of parallel-connected Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFETs is analyzed, and the corresponding balanced methods are proposed. Firstly, the transient unbalanced current according to different gate resistance (Rg) and gate-source capacitance (Cgs) between two parallel-connected SiC MOSFETs are investigated. Then, the appropriate gate additional resistance is used to suppress the transient unbalanced current through realization of gate drive delay. Finally, the proposed scheme is verified by both simulation and experimental results.
  • Keywords
    MOSFET; silicon compounds; SiC; gate drive delay; gate resistance; gate-source capacitance; parallel-connected MOSFET; transient unbalanced current analysis; Logic gates; MOSFET; Resistance; Silicon carbide; Switches; Threshold voltage; Transient analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Transportation Electrification Asia-Pacific (ITEC Asia-Pacific), 2014 IEEE Conference and Expo
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-4240-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ITEC-AP.2014.6941230
  • Filename
    6941230