Development of a High-Temperature Gate Drive and Protection Circuit Using Discrete Components.

This paper presents a high-temperature (HT) gate drive and protection circuit for Silicon–Carbide (SiC) power <sc>mosfet</sc>s entirely built from commercial off-the-shelf HT discrete components. To estimate cost reduction, a brief comparison was made between the proposed circuit and a commercial circuit using silicon-on-insulator integrated circuits. To evaluate performance, power tests were conducted up to 180 °C in a thermal chamber. Eventually, the proposed circuit achieved a 90% cost reduction, and all functions were validated by experiments at 180 °C. This demonstrated that the proposed circuit is a cost-effective solution for contemporary HT applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]