Gomez, J., Foster, M.P. and Stone, D.A. orcid.org/0000-0002-5770-3917 (2016) Performance evaluation of SiC MOSFET in 5-level single phase converter. In: The 8th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD) 2016. IET Power Electronics, Machines and Drives Conference 2016, 19 – 21 April 2016 , Glasgow, UK. Institution of Engineering and Technology ISBN 978-1-78561-188-9
Abstract
The use of silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor power devices has been studied and evaluated in a wide variety of converters. The work presented in this paper shows the performance of C2M SiC MOSFETs compared to Si devices operating as switching elements in a 5-level, single phase, multilevel converter. The paper describes the multilevel converter platform used to undertake the evaluation study and experimental results for the operating temperature of the MOSFETs, and conversion efficiency are shown for frequencies ranging from 20 kHz to 80 kHz. Finally, a discussion of the results obtained to highlight the differences in the performance of the Si and SiC devices and the feasibility of using SiC in MLC.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 IET. This is an author-produced version of a paper accepted for publication in The 8th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD) 2016. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy |
Keywords: | Multilevel; single phase; neutral point clamped (NPC); silicon carbide (SiC); efficiency |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2016 09:16 |
Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2017 12:34 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/cp.2016.0360 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Institution of Engineering and Technology |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1049/cp.2016.0360 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:100476 |