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Ultrafast Switching of SiC MOSFETs for High-Voltage Pulsed-Power Circuits.
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IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science . Dec2020, Vol. 48 Issue 12, p4262-4272. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Due to their fast switching capabilities, silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs are increasingly used in high-voltage pulsed-power circuits where fast and flexible high-voltage pulses are required (e.g. for plasma-processing applications), such as in our solid-state Impedance-matched Marx generator. The turn-on time of SiC MOSFETs mainly depends on the gate-driving technique and its implementation. Therefore, many studies focus on SiC MOSFET gate-driving methods. In this article, a gate-boosting driving method that was previously proposed for IGBTs is optimized for SiC MOSFETs and applied to a very fast MOSFET to reduce turn-on time as much as possible. A prototype of the optimized gate-boosting driver was built and tested to assess its performance. The test results validate the effectiveness of the optimized gate-driving method and showed that a MOSFET turn-on time of below 2 ns is achievable at a high operating voltage and moderate current and below 3 ns for a wider range of load-current and operating-voltage conditions. Furthermore, current rise rates of 38.7 kA/ $\mu \text{s}$ at 356-A load current are possible. All these results are considerably faster than ever demonstrated before. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00933813
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 148948996
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2020.3039372