Digitally controlled gate current source-based active gate driver for silicon carbide MOSFETs

Y Sukhatme, VK Miryala, P Ganesan… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs are viable alternatives for silicon (Si) insulated-gate bipolar
transistors (IGBTs). However, direct retrofitting of SiC MOSFETs in Si IGBT-based converters …

GaN based High Frequency Power Electronic Interfaces: Challenges, Opportunities, and Research Roadmap

M Baker, S Jain, MB Shadmand - 2021 IEEE Power and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many industrial applications demand high-efficiency and high-power density power
electronic interfaces (PEI), resulting in adoption of emerging wide band gap (WBG) and ultra …

Digitally controlled active gate driver for SiC MOSFET based induction motor drive switching at 100 kHz

Y Sukhatme, J Titus, P Nayak… - 2017 IEEE Transportation …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
SiC MOSFETs are characterized by fast switching speeds typically in the range of 50-60 ns.
However, the parasitic MOSFET capacitance and load parasitic capacitance form a resonant …

A low surge voltage and fast speed gate driver for SiC MOSFET with switched capacitor circuit

F Mo, J Furuta, K Kobayashi - 2016 IEEE 4th Workshop on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a low surge voltage and fast speed gate driver with switched capacitor circuit for
Silicon-Carbide (SiC) MOSFET. Because of the high switching frequency of SiC MOSFET …

MHz-switching-speed current-source gate driver for SiC power MOSFETs

S Inamori, J Furuta, K Kobayashi - 2017 19th European …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a MHz-switching-speed current-source gate driver for Silicon-Carbide (SiC)
power MOSFETs. The proposed gate driver uses an inductor as a current source during …

Design of a control unit for advanced gate drivers featuring adaptive dead-time and diagnostics

A Soldati, D Barater, F Brugnano… - IECON 2015-41st …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The growing demand for high-performance power converters calls for the adoption of new
strategies, not only in architectures, but also in electronic technologies. To take full …

Active gate driver

GT Watkins - US Patent 11,515,815, 2022 - Google Patents
An active gate driver suitable for activating an electronic switch of an electric motor. The
active gate driver includes a pull up branch, a pull down branch and a current and voltage …

Stability and Performance Analysis of a Voltage Controlled Resistor Circuit for Wide Band-gap Device Gate Drivers

A Soldati, G Pietrini, D Barater… - PCIM Europe 2016; …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wide band-gap devices are making inroads in the power converters scenario, and specific
circuits to drive these components are actively under development. The purpose of this …

[PDF][PDF] SiC パワーMOSFET のMHz スイッチング向けゲートドライバの検討

S Inamori, J Furuta, K Kobayashi - www-vlsi.es.kit.ac.jp
In this paper a MHz-switching gate driver for SiC power MOSFETs is proposed. The
proposed gate driver can drive SiC power MOSFET cancelling out the influence of the …