Abstract
This paper presents the development of a plug-and-play (PP) power electronics education board designed to build a hands-on power electronics lab incorporating wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductor switches and circuits. The developed education board adopts modular architecture and PP concept to allow students to construct various power electronics experiment setups and handle different semiconductor devices such as Si-based and WBG devices. By inserting the modular daughter boards and completing system connections on the motherboard, various lab experiments can be conducted; from switching characteristic analysis of different semiconductor devices to control of different power converters such as basic DC-DC and DC-AC converters and isolation-type DC-DC converters. This helps students to get familiar with the system/subsystem-level design of power converters and experience the impact of WBG devices compared to Si-based one. The system design considerations are discussed, and the fabricated hardware and its experiments are presented.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | ICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia - 10th International Conference on Power Electronics - ECCE Asia |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Pages | 2807-2813 |
Number of pages | 7 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9788957083130 |
State | Published - May 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 10th International Conference on Power Electronics - ECCE Asia, ICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia - Busan, Korea, Republic of Duration: May 27 2019 → May 30 2019 |
Publication series
Name | ICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia - 10th International Conference on Power Electronics - ECCE Asia |
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Conference
Conference | 10th International Conference on Power Electronics - ECCE Asia, ICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia |
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Country/Territory | Korea, Republic of |
City | Busan |
Period | 05/27/19 → 05/30/19 |
Funding
ACKNOWLEDGMENT This research was in part of the funding supported by PowerAmerica and the National Science Foundation under Award No. 1610250. The authors would like to thank the Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) and Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. This research was in part of the funding supported by PowerAmerica and the National Science Foundation under Award No. 1610250. The authors would like to thank the Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) and Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Keywords
- Hands-on education
- Plug-and-play modular architecture
- Power electronics lab
- Wide-bandgap semiconductor devices