Title :
Normally-On SiC JFETs in power converters: Gate driver and safe operation
Author :
Bergogne, Dominique ; Risaletto, Damien ; Dubois, Fabien ; Hammoud, Asif ; Morel, Hervé ; Bevilacqua, Pascal ; Allard, Bruno ; Berry, Olivier ; MeibodyTabar, Farid ; Raël, Stéphane ; Meuret, Régis ; Dhokkar, Sonia ; Hispano-Suiza
Author_Institution :
Lab. Ampere, Univ. de Lyon, Lyon, France
Abstract :
In this paper, the authors propose a solution to provide self protection in a normally-On JFET voltage fed inverter. The solution is a plug-in to an existing Gate driver. An overview of JFET Gate driving serves as an introduction to the problem of self protection of inverters using Normally-On devices.
Keywords :
invertors; junction gate field effect transistors; power convertors; silicon compounds; wide band gap semiconductors; JFET gate driver; SiC; normally-on device; power converter; voltage fed inverter; Driver circuits; Inverters; JFETs; Leg; Logic gates; MOSFETs; Power supplies;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Power Electronics Systems (CIPS), 2010 6th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nuremberg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-814-3
