DocumentCode
2449712
Title
Suitability of silicon carbide diodes in buck converters with high input voltages and high voltage conversion ratios
Author
Radic, Aleksandar ; Miletic, Zoran ; Garabandic, Djordje
fYear
2008
fDate
10-13 Nov. 2008
Firstpage
989
Lastpage
991
Abstract
This paper presents a suitability analysis of silicon carbide diodes in buck converters with high input voltage and high voltage conversion ratio functional requirements. It provides a comparison of a conventional buck converter with silicon carbide diodes and ultrafast silicon diodes, illustrating the benefits of silicon carbide diode zero reverse-recovery losses. Experimental results are provided for a 768 W prototype.
Keywords
power convertors; semiconductor diodes; silicon compounds; wide band gap semiconductors; SiC; buck converters; high input voltages; high voltage conversion ratio; power 768 W; silicon carbide diodes; ultrafast silicon diodes; zero reverse-recovery loss; Buck converters; Commercialization; Costs; Diodes; Inductors; Low voltage; MOSFETs; Performance analysis; Prototypes; Silicon carbide;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Industrial Electronics, 2008. IECON 2008. 34th Annual Conference of IEEE
Conference_Location
Orlando, FL
ISSN
1553-572X
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1767-4
Electronic_ISBN
1553-572X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IECON.2008.4758088
Filename
4758088
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