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Active Gate Drive Circuit with Auxiliary Drive Branch for SiC MOSFET

  • School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFET has a fast switching speed and is sensitive to parasitic parameters, which is easy to cause higher turn-off transient overshoot voltage, which directly threatens the stability and safety of SiC MOSFET devices and causes excessive switching losses. To suppress voltage and current surges and oscillations during switching, this paper proposes an active drive circuit with an auxiliary gate drive branch. By adjusting the switching time of the auxiliary switching tube of the auxiliary driving branch, the gate current can be reduced in the sensitive stage of overshoot and oscillation, and the gate current can be increased in the non-sensitive stage to reduce the switching loss. A SiC MOSFET drive circuit simulation and experimental test platform is built to verify the effectiveness of the drive circuit. The experimental results show that the proposed SiC MOSFET active gate drive circuit reduces the gate current overshoot by 48.5% during the turn-on process, and reduces the drain-source voltage overshoot by 52.4% during the turn-off process.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems, ICEMS 2022
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781665493024
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes
Event25th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems, ICEMS 2022 - Virtual, Online, Thailand
Duration: 29 Nov 20222 Dec 2022

Publication series

Name2022 International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems, ICEMS 2022

Conference

Conference25th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems, ICEMS 2022
Country/TerritoryThailand
CityVirtual, Online
Period29/11/222/12/22

Keywords

  • SiC MOSFET
  • active gate drive
  • auxiliary drive branch
  • oscillation
  • overshoot

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