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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics, 2008. IECON 2008. 34th Annual Conference of IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1767-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1553-572X
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.2008.4758088
