Performance comparison of switching losses of SiC DMOS vs Si IGBT

Abstract

Silicon Carbide Double Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor (SiC-DMOS), having a more comprehensive bandgap, fast switching and low power losses, has been rapidly developed and applied. This paper elaborates a detailed analysis of switching losses by comparing Si IGBT and SiC DMOS under the same voltage parameters and identical conditions. The switch’s characteristics are evaluated and contrasted in various gate resistances. In addition, a gate driver is designed to calculate the switching losses of IGBT and SiC DMOS at different frequencies. Then they are respectively used in the buck converter. The experimental platform is built to test and validate that the SiC DMOS buck converter achieves faster dynamic performance and higher efficiency than Si IGBT.