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Modeling Inverter Losses for Circuit Simulation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Transformer-like inverter models can represent a very good alternative to common switch-diode models for simulation, reducing convergence problems and/or calculation time.
Scapino, Federico   +3 more
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Quantifying Incomplete Zero-Voltage Switching Losses Using Equivalent Hard-Switching Losses [PDF]

open access: yes
International audienceWith fast switching wide band-gap semiconductors conquering high-power application, zerovoltage switching (ZVS) topologies are crucial to increase converter efficiency by minimizing switching losses.
Zäch, Mike   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Gate-driver circuit with a variable supply voltage to influence the switching losses

open access: yesThe Journal of Engineering, 2019
The lifetime of semiconductor devices used in power electronics depends on the junction temperature. With a suitable junction temperature control system, the lifetime of semiconductor devices is extended.
Johannes Ruthardt   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Performance Analysis of Half-Bridge Commutation Cells of a Modular Multilevel Voltage Source Converter

open access: yesEngineering Proceedings, 2023
This study presents a performance analysis of a half-bridge commutation cell using MATLAB/Simulink simulations. The behavior of IGBTs as semiconductor switches is examined under diverse load conditions, and the power losses, including conduction and ...
Muhammad Raza, Amna Aslam, Talia Aamir
doaj   +1 more source

Modeling of Conduction and Switching Losses for IGBT and FWD Based on SVPWM in Automobile Electric Drives

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2020
The modeling of conduction and switching losses for insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) and free-wheeling diodes (FWDs) in automobile applications is becoming increasingly important, especially for the improvement of the system efficiency and the ...
Yuan Zhu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimal Inductor Design Method for GaN-Based PFC

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2023
The main theme of this paper is to propose an optimal inductor design method for GaN-based PFC. The proposed method is developed based upon the minimization of PFC total losses, which include copper losses, core losses and switching losses of power ...
Yong-Yi Huang, Yen-Shin Lai
doaj   +1 more source

Estimation of Semiconductor Switching Losses under Hard Switching using Matlab/Simulink Subsystem

open access: yesElectrical, Control and Communication Engineering, 2013
The conventional tools for the system level simulation of the switch-mode power converters (for example, MATLAB/SIMILINK) allow simulating the behavior of a power converter jointly operating with the control system in a closed automatic regulation system.
Volodymyr Ivakhno   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

± 180° Discontinuous PWM for Single-Phase PWM Converter of High-Speed Railway Propulsion System

open access: yesEnergies, 2020
As high-capacity alternating current/direct current (ac/dc) power conversion systems, single-phase pulse-width modulation (PWM) converters used in high-speed railway propulsion systems adopt high-voltage Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs) as ...
Min-Sup Song, In-Ho Cho, Jae-Bum Lee
doaj   +1 more source

An Optimized Space Vector Based Switching Algorithm With Reduced Switching Transitions for Impedance Source Inverter

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2022
In a 3L-VSI, to realize reference vector, maximum of six switching per sub-cycle are permitted. A similar condition is looked for in 3L-ZSI (z source inverter).
Santosh Sonar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modeling the impact of the trench depth on the gate-drain capacitance in power MOSFETs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Trench depth is important in low-voltage trench MOSFETs because it affects the switching losses through the gate-drain capacitance (C(GD)).
Ian Kennedy   +11 more
core   +1 more source

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