Abstract
This paper presents five dynamic temperature-sensitive electrical parameters (TSEPs) for the medium-voltage silicon carbide (SiC) and silicon (Si) devices. The theoretical temperature dependence of these parameters is analyzed. A test platform that enables to implement the temperature relevant dynamic characterization is developed. The tested TSEPs are summarized in terms of their relationship with junction temperature, drain/collector current, DC voltage, and external gate resistance. The comparison between the 3 kV 12 A Si IGBT and 3.3 kV 5 A SiC MOSFET with the identical TO-263 package is conducted. The results verify that the turn-off drain-source voltage switching rate achieves better thermal sensitivity for medium-voltage low-current SiC MOSFETs compared with Si IGBTs. Both the turn-on and turn-off delay time exhibit better thermal linearity for the two devices. The turn-off delay time further achieves five times better thermal sensitivity than the turn-on delay time for investigated medium-voltage SiC MOSFETs.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Pages | 3376-3382 |
Number of pages | 7 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781728158266 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 11 2020 |
Event | 12th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2020 - Virtual, Detroit, United States Duration: Oct 11 2020 → Oct 15 2020 |
Publication series
Name | ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition |
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Conference
Conference | 12th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2020 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Virtual, Detroit |
Period | 10/11/20 → 10/15/20 |
Funding
ACKNOWLEDGMENT This research was supported in part by an appointment to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory ASTRO Program, administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education and sponsored by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the US Department of Energy. This paper has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).
Keywords
- Si IGBT
- SiC MOSFET
- condition monitoring
- junction temperature
- medium-voltage
- reliability
- temperature-sensitive electrical parameter