High-Voltage Hybrid IGBT Power Modules for Miniaturization of Rolling Stock Traction Inverters

Li, Xiang; Li, Daohui; Chang, Guiqin; Gong, Wei; Packwood, Matthew; Pottage, Daniel; Wang, Yangang; Luo, Hailin; Liu, Guoyou

doi:10.1109/tie.2021.3059544

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“…If the thermal requirement is needed to be changed, it is much easier to conduct the simulation at the early design cycle. Table 9 presents a summary of the estimated junction temperatures by the electrothermal loading studied in recent literatures [33,34,[38][39]45]. This work deals with the total three-phase inverter power of 50 kW.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, this study only considered half-bridge module and neglected the thermal coupling influence from other power module and the heatsink. In [39], a new hybrid IGBT power modules combining both Si and SiC was demonstrated for traction application. This work also elaborately described the thermal modelling technique.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…1) Research scenario: The research extends to simulation of single halfbridge power module to three half-bridge power modules, thus taking into account the effect of thermal interaction and realistic cooling system (TIM layer + heatsink) 2) Improvement: Compared to the previous research [33][34][38][39]45],…”

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confidence: 99%

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Thermal Analysis of Si-Igbt Based Power Electronic Modules in 50kw Traction Inverter Application

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Thermal Analysis of Si-Igbt Based Power Electronic Modules in 50kw Traction Inverter Application

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“…Moreover, hybrid modules have less parasitic packaging inductances, higher power level, and lower power losses compared to Si-based modules. The most common configuration for hybrid modules is the integration of Si IGBT and SiC SBD, as it can be seen in Figure 8 [105].…”

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Wide Band Gap Devices and Their Application in Power Electronics

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Power electronic systems have a great impact on modern society. Their applications target a more sustainable future by minimizing the negative impacts of industrialization on the environment, such as global warming effects and greenhouse gas emission. Power devices based on wide band gap (WBG) material have the potential to deliver a paradigm shift in regard to energy efficiency and working with respect to the devices based on mature silicon (Si). Gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC) have been treated as one of the most promising WBG materials that allow the performance limits of matured Si switching devices to be significantly exceeded. WBG-based power devices enable fast switching with lower power losses at higher switching frequency and hence, allow the development of high power density and high efficiency power converters. This paper reviews popular SiC and GaN power devices, discusses the associated merits and challenges, and finally their applications in power electronics.

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“…Insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) are widely used in medium-voltage, high-voltage, and high-power systems because of their high current rating, high withstand voltage, and low loss. A half-bridge module with two IGBTs connected in series is typically used as a basic unit in converter or motor drive applications for the convenience of these applications [1], [2]. Therefore, a converter or an inverter is composed of low-or medium-voltage IGBT modules connected in series [3], [4] or parallel to increase the output power [5], which reduces the cost of wind turbine [6], traction driver [7], and ventilation [8] applications.…”

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Simulation-Assisted Design of a Power Stack for Improving Static Current Sharing Among Three IGBT Modules Connected in Parallel

Nishida

Aoki³

et al. 2022

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In this study, cosimulation with Q3D and Simplorer were adopted to design a single-phase power stack with equal output current on three paralleled IGBT modules in high power application, therefore, the derating of total current will be reduced, which can improve the current utilization and power density of power stack. The performance of the designed stack was verified using a double-pulse test (DPT). The circuit used in the DPT regarded the power stack output current as static current, which is a critical index to evaluate current sharing. The static current sharing among the IGBT modules was mainly dependent on the stray inductance of the DC busbar, IGBT modules, and phase output bar (POB), which is used to connect the IGBT modules to load, in parallel paths of the power stack. Cosimulation was performed to determine the stray inductance of the IGBT modules, DC busbar and POB, and a constant-current-slope method was used to verify the inductance. Subsequently, design the shapes of DC busbar and POB for attaining maximum ratio of imbalanced current (MRIC) of the three IGBT modules is within 3% under 200% (2400A) rated current. The cosimulation results indicated that the MRIC of the current paths in power stack were 0.8%. Finally, three IGBT modules and a gate driver were used to construct power stack with 1000V DC link. The experimental results obtained by DPT indicated that the MRIC was 0.9% under 200% rated current, demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed stray inductance design method.

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High-Voltage Hybrid IGBT Power Modules for Miniaturization of Rolling Stock Traction Inverters

Cited by 16 publications

References 16 publications

Thermal Analysis of Si-Igbt Based Power Electronic Modules in 50kw Traction Inverter Application

Thermal Analysis of Si-Igbt Based Power Electronic Modules in 50kw Traction Inverter Application

Wide Band Gap Devices and Their Application in Power Electronics

Simulation-Assisted Design of a Power Stack for Improving Static Current Sharing Among Three IGBT Modules Connected in Parallel

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