Development trends of power semiconductors for hybrid vehicles

Author

Kanata, Tetsuya ; Nishiwaki, Katsuhiko ; Hamada, Kimimori

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2010

fDate

21-24 June 2010

Firstpage

778

Lastpage

782

Abstract

In the environmentally-friendly vehicles that are powered by electric motors, as represented by hybrid vehicles (HVs), enhancing the performance and reducing the size of the power semiconductors are becoming essential for vehicles to achieve low-fuel consumption and high-power performance. This is also the case for HV systems to facilitate adoption in multiple vehicle models. This paper looks back on the development of these power semiconductors up to the present in response to the advancement of HVs. It also surveys the future trends in power semiconductor development toward achieving the ultimate-eco vehicle.

Keywords

automotive electronics; hybrid electric vehicles; power semiconductor devices; technological forecasting; electric motor; environmentally friendly vehicles; hybrid vehicles; power semiconductor development trends; ultimate eco vehicle; Batteries; Diesel engines; Fuel cell vehicles; History; Hybrid power systems; Multichip modules; Power control; Power electronics; Power generation; Voltage; SiC; cooling efficiency; fuel cell hybrid vehicle; hybrid vehicle; plug-in hybrid vehicle; power control unit; power density; power semiconductor;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Conference (IPEC), 2010 International

Conference_Location

Sapporo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5394-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPEC.2010.5543294

Filename

5543294