Device loss model of a fully SiC based dual active bridge considering the effect of synchronous rectification and deadtime

Wang, Zhenyu and Castellazzi, Alberto (2018) Device loss model of a fully SiC based dual active bridge considering the effect of synchronous rectification and deadtime. In: 2017 IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference (SPEC), 4-7 December 2017, Puerto Varas, Chile.

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Abstract

It is becoming a great interest to employ SiC based power devices in dual active bridge (DAB) converter as an alternative to conventional Si-IGBT, due to its higher switching frequency potential, smaller switching losses as well as the capability to operate at synchronous rectification (SR) condition. This paper introduces the device loss model of a SiC MOSFET power module based DAB converter considering the effect of synchronous rectification, and the dead-time effect is also discussed. The calculated device loss for both SiC-MOSFET and Si-IGBT are discussed. The results show that the overall device loss is reduced by 40%, where the conduction loss is reduced by 38% because of SR capability of SiC-MOSFET, and the switching loss is reduced by 48% due to the faster transient of SiC-MOSFET during dead-time. On the other hand, the device losses are not even between the primary bridge and the secondary bridge of the DAB converter, and it is more significant for SiC-MOSFET based DAB due to the effect of SR with a maximum of 20%. At last, the dead-time range is given based on the device properties.

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Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Engineering > Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1109/spec.2017.8333662
Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 06 Sep 2018 10:03
Last Modified: 06 Sep 2018 10:03
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/53767

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