DC power chopper SPICE simulation

Author

Azcondo, Francisco Javier ; Peir, Juan

Author_Institution

Dept. de Electron., Cantabria Univ., Santander, Spain

fYear

1990

Firstpage

1205

Abstract

A general-purpose simulation program, with a special adapted SPICE model, integrated in SOLO 2000, is presented for power circuits and systems. This program attempts to solve all design problems related to power electronics systems. Specific power device models have been implemented. Diodes, SCRs, and MOSFETs as well as other semiconductor devices are introduced. A general procedure to choose snubbers and other protecting devices is also presented. This program has been used with SPICE-3B1 working with a SUN3 workstation. Several power circuits have been designed and built with this tool. A DC chopper (10 kW, 310 V DC) has been built. Comparative results show the high degree of accuracy of this circuit design tool

Keywords

choppers (circuits); circuit CAD; digital simulation; engineering workstations; overvoltage protection; 10 kW; 310 V; DC power chopper; MOSFET; SCR; SOLO 2000; SPICE simulation; SPICE-3B1; SUN3 workstation; diodes; protecting devices; snubbers; Choppers; Circuit simulation; Circuits and systems; MOSFETs; Power electronics; Power system modeling; SPICE; Semiconductor devices; Semiconductor diodes; Snubbers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics Society, 1990. IECON '90., 16th Annual Conference of IEEE

Conference_Location

Pacific Grove, CA

Print_ISBN

0-87942-600-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.1990.149308

Filename

149308