• DocumentCode
    3679850
  • Title

    High efficiency bidirectional 5kW DC-DC converter with super-junction MOSFETs for electric vehicle super-capacitor systems

  • Author

    Andrew Hopkins;Neville McNeill;Philip Anthony;Phil Mellor

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, England
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    4632
  • Lastpage
    4639
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a high efficiency 5-kW bidirectional DC-DC converter for use in electric vehicle super-capacitor systems. Super-junction MOSFETs are deployed in the power stage to minimize losses. This is achieved using a snubber inductor and by arranging the gate signal underlap delays in order to control charging current caused by the devices´ highly non-linear output capacitance and to deactivate the intrinsic body drain diode respectively. The result is a 5-kW power converter with an estimated efficiency exceeding 99% in the power semiconductor stage and requiring no forced cooling.
  • Keywords
    "MOSFET","Inductors","Switches","Snubbers","Quality of service","Logic gates","Delays"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2015 IEEE
  • ISSN
    2329-3721
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2329-3748
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECCE.2015.7310315
  • Filename
    7310315