State of the art of solid-state transformers: Advanced topologies, implementation issues, recent progress and improvements

MA Hannan, PJ Ker, MSH Lipu, ZH Choi… - Ieee …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Solid-state transformer (SST) is an emerging technology integrating with a transformer
power electronics converters and control circuitry. This paper comprehensively reviews the …

High-power electronic applications enabled by medium voltage silicon-carbide technology: An overview

MR Nielsen, S Deng, AB Mirza… - … on Power Electronics, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the electrification of society and the green transition, the need for efficient high-power
electronic converters to support the electricity demand is at an all-time high. A key enabler is …

Medium voltage (13.8 kV) transformer-less grid-connected DC/AC converter design and demonstration using 10 kV SiC MOSFETs

S Ji, X Huang, L Zhang, J Palmer… - 2019 IEEE Energy …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Medium voltage (MV) power converters using high voltage (HV) Silicon Carbide (SiC) power
semiconductors result in great benefits in weight, size, efficiency and control bandwidth …

A Novel Voltage Balancing Control With dv/dt Reduction for 10-kV SiC MOSFET-Based Medium Voltage Modular Multilevel Converter

S Ji, L Zhang, X Huang, J Palmer… - … on Power Electronics, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Using high voltage (HV) silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors in a modular multilevel
converter (MMC) is promising because it results in fewer submodules and lower switching …

A survey on recent advances of medium voltage silicon carbide power devices

B Hu, X Lyu, D Xing, D Ma, J Brothers… - 2018 IEEE Energy …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Medium voltage (MV) Silicon Carbide (SiC) power devices have become available as
engineering samples. Recent studies show that they outperform their Silicon (Si) …

Demonstrations of high voltage SiC materials, devices and applications in the solid state transformer

F Yang, X Tang, X Wei, L Sang, R Liu, S Bai… - Journal of Crystal …, 2023 - Elsevier
High voltage SiC power devices have been proven as the potential candidates in replacing
the Si counterparts to improve the overall power converting efficiency of the power grids and …

A gate drive with active voltage divider based auxiliary power supply for medium voltage SiC device in high voltage applications

B Hu, Z Wei, H Li, D Xing, R Na… - 2018 IEEE Applied …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The emerging medium voltage (MV≥ 10 kV) Silicon Carbide (SiC) devices are promising
device candidates for high voltage applications, such as high voltage direct current …

Impact of submodule voltage sensor noise in 10 kV SiC MOSFET modular multilevel converters (MMCs) under high dv/dt environment

S Ji, J Palmer, X Huang, D Li, B Giewont… - 2020 IEEE Applied …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Medium voltage (MV) power converters using high voltage (HV) Silicon Carbide (SiC) power
semiconductors result in great benefits in weight, size, efficiency and control bandwidth …

A modular quasi-multilevel converter using 10kV SiC MOSFETs for medium-voltage cable-fed variable-speed motor drives

MS Diab, X Yuan - … IEEE 12th Energy Conversion Congress & …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a modular multilevel converter (MMC) topology, based on high-voltage
SiC power devices, for medium-voltage variable-speed drive applications that require …

An 11 kV AC, 16 kV DC, 200 kW direct-to-line inverter building-block using series-connected 10 kV SiC MOSFETs

L Ravi, X Lin, D Dong, R Burgos - 2020 IEEE Energy …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the design and testing of a three-phase medium-voltage (MV) inverter
building-block, using 10 kV SiC MOSFET power modules, ideally suited for high efficiency …