Design considerations for the power electronics of an electric vehicle propulsion inverter

Author

Gallagher, Jerry ; Seals, David

Author_Institution

Power Device Applications, Collmer Semicond. Inc., Dallas, TX, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

27-29 Sep 1994

Firstpage

34

Lastpage

40

Abstract

This paper describes some of the design considerations and tradeoffs that are involved in developing the power electronics for an electric vehicle propulsion inverter. A review of topology, voltage, current and switching frequency requirements is presented. Guidelines for the design of: gate drivers, current loops, snubbers, auxiliary power supplies and protection circuits are given. Finally, loss calculations and thermal design methods are suggested

Keywords

DC-AC power convertors; electric drives; electric propulsion; electric vehicles; invertors; losses; power electronics; power supplies to apparatus; protection; road vehicles; switching circuits; auxiliary power supplies; current loops; electric vehicle propulsion inverter; gate drivers; loss calculations; power electronics; protection circuits; snubbers; switching frequency; thermal design methods; Circuit topology; Driver circuits; Electric vehicles; Guidelines; Inverters; Power electronics; Propulsion; Snubbers; Switching frequency; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

WESCON/94. Idea/Microelectronics. Conference Record

Conference_Location

Anaheim , CA

ISSN

1095-791X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9992-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WESCON.1994.403629

Filename

403629