• DocumentCode
    662697
  • Title

    Evaluation and application of SiC diode in three-phase inverters

  • Author

    Savulak, Stephen ; Miaosen Shen

  • Author_Institution
    Syst. Dept., United Technol. Res. Center, East Hartford, CT, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    27-29 Oct. 2013
  • Firstpage
    182
  • Lastpage
    185
  • Abstract
    Due to its very low reverse recovery characteristic, SiC diode brings significant advantage in many applications, especially for high frequency switching converters. Various studies have been conducted for utilization of SiC diodes in applications like power supplies and solar inverters. This paper discusses the advantages of SiC diode in large inverters for motor drive or grid-tied inverter applications, and compares with its Si counterpart.
  • Keywords
    driver circuits; frequency convertors; invertors; semiconductor diodes; silicon compounds; switching convertors; wide band gap semiconductors; SiC; SiC diode; drive inverter applications; grid-tied inverter applications; high frequency switching converters; power supplies; solar inverters; three-phase inverters; Inverters; Loss measurement; Schottky diodes; Silicon; Silicon carbide; Switches; Switching loss;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications (WiPDA), 2013 IEEE Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    Columbus, OH
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WiPDA.2013.6695592
  • Filename
    6695592