Juan Carlos Balda

TL;DR: The design of a modular switching position is presented here for a series connection of power semiconductors with voltage-balancing and self-powered-gate capabilities and testing results demonstrate the ability of the proposed switching position to balance the voltage across series-connected MOSFETs even if the gate signals of the series- connected devices are not perfectly synchronized while powering themselves directly from the OFF-state voltage across them.

TL;DR: In this article, a dc-dc step-down converter is selected as a test bench for developing guidelines for aiding in the layout of converter power stages having fast-switching wide bandgap devices, in particular, normally-off SiC JFETs.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new SST topology consisting of modular boost-based three-level AC-DC converters, high- or medium-frequency transformers with two secondary windings and four-leg ac-dc converters is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, a dual-stage micro-inverter based entirely on GaN technology and a comparison with a silicon design are presented to evaluate the impact on system efficiency, in particular, a 4% improvement in the efficiency representing 8W of less dissipated heat in the active devices when the converter operates at 200W.

TL;DR: This paper addresses the design of a busbar assembly connecting several MLSCs to the inverter power modules and the power source using multi-layer series-connected ceramic capacitors which have higher operating temperature, lower ESL and lower volume than film capacitors.