A voltage controlled power resistor circuit for active gate driving of wide-bandgap power devices

Alessandro Soldati; Davide Barater; Carlo Concari; Michael Galea; Chris Gerada

doi:10.1109/IECON.2015.7392469

A voltage controlled power resistor circuit for active gate driving of wide-bandgap power devices

Alessandro Soldati, Davide Barater, Carlo Concari, Michael Galea, Chris Gerada

Nottingham Electrification Centre

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

7 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Wide-bandgap devices are under the spotlight of scientific research as they exhibit great performance in terms of efficiency and temperature operation. However, to fully exploit their characteristics, dedicated driving circuits are needed. High-power gate-insulated switching devices exhibit important input capacitance; when fast switching speeds are demanded, high-current pulses are needed to drive the gate terminal. This is particularly true for wide-bandgap devices, capable of lower transition times than conventional silicon devices. The proposed circuit is a voltage controlled resistor, which output can drive wide-bandgap devices. Design criteria, as well as simulation results, are presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IECON 2015 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	2445-2450
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479917624
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2015.7392469
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2015 - Yokohama, Japan Duration: 9 Nov 2015 → 12 Nov 2015

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Name	IECON 2015 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society

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Conference	41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2015
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Yokohama
Period	9/11/15 → 12/11/15

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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Soldati, A., Barater, D., Concari, C., Galea, M., & Gerada, C. (2015). A voltage controlled power resistor circuit for active gate driving of wide-bandgap power devices. In IECON 2015 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (pp. 2445-2450). Article 7392469 (IECON 2015 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2015.7392469

Soldati, Alessandro ; Barater, Davide ; Concari, Carlo et al. / A voltage controlled power resistor circuit for active gate driving of wide-bandgap power devices. IECON 2015 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. pp. 2445-2450 (IECON 2015 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society).

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Soldati, A, Barater, D, Concari, C, Galea, M & Gerada, C 2015, A voltage controlled power resistor circuit for active gate driving of wide-bandgap power devices. in IECON 2015 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society., 7392469, IECON 2015 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 2445-2450, 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2015, Yokohama, Japan, 9/11/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2015.7392469

A voltage controlled power resistor circuit for active gate driving of wide-bandgap power devices. / Soldati, Alessandro; Barater, Davide; Concari, Carlo et al.
IECON 2015 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. p. 2445-2450 7392469 (IECON 2015 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Soldati A, Barater D, Concari C, Galea M, Gerada C. A voltage controlled power resistor circuit for active gate driving of wide-bandgap power devices. In IECON 2015 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2015. p. 2445-2450. 7392469. (IECON 2015 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society). doi: 10.1109/IECON.2015.7392469

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