TY - GEN
T1 - A voltage controlled power resistor circuit for active gate driving of wide-bandgap power devices
AU - Soldati, Alessandro
AU - Barater, Davide
AU - Concari, Carlo
AU - Galea, Michael
AU - Gerada, Chris
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1109/IECON.2015.7392469
DO - 10.1109/IECON.2015.7392469
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84973161298
T3 - IECON 2015 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
SP - 2445
EP - 2450
BT - IECON 2015 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2015
Y2 - 9 November 2015 through 12 November 2015
ER -