Air-Cooled Full-SiC High Power Density Inverter Unit

Y. Murakami; Y. Tajima; S. Tanimoto

doi:10.3390/wevj6030669

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27 September 2013

Air-Cooled Full-SiC High Power Density Inverter Unit

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EV System Laboratory, Nissan Research Center, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD, 1-1 Morinosatoaoyama, Atsugi-shi, 243-0123, Japan

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World Electr. Veh. J.2013, 6(3), 669-672;https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj6030669

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Abstract

A 70 kVA/L air-cooled full-SiC three-phase inverter unit including power semiconductor modules, power capacitors, bus bars, gate drive circuits, a PWM wave generator and blower fans has been fabricated as a prototype for EV-use. SiC JFETs and SBDs of 1200 V were used. It has generated three-phase alternative power of 25 kVA to drive a 15 kW-class induction motor with only 190 W of dissipation. The module's temperature was at most 90 ºC.

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cooling; inverter; power density

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