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Automotive Traction Inverters: Current Status and Future Trends
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An independent review of the state-of-the-art traction inverter designs from several production vehicles across multiple manufacturers is presented, highlighting wide bandgap devices and trends in device packaging.Abstract:
Traction inverters are crucial components of modern electrified automotive powertrains. Advances in power electronics have enabled lower cost inverters with high reliability, efficiency, and power density, suitable for mass market consumer automotive applications. This paper presents an independent review of the state-of-the-art traction inverter designs from several production vehicles across multiple manufacturers. Future trends in inverter design are identified based on industry examples and academic research. Wide bandgap devices and trends in device packaging are discussed along with active gate driver implementations, current and future trends in system integration, and advanced manufacturing techniques.read more
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Thermal Analysis of Si-Igbt Based Power Electronic Modules in 50kw Traction Inverter Application
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Linear Scaling Evaluation of Losses for Automotive Traction Voltage Source Inverters
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Experimental Test Setup for Thermal Stress Analysis of SiC Devices under Active Short Circuits
Antonia Lanzafame,L. D. Tornello,Giacomo Scelba,Elena Venuti,Alessandra Raffa,Santi Agatino Rizzo,Giuseppe Scarcella +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the thermal stresses analysis of SiC devices operating under active short circuits in electric traction inverters is discussed. But the main aim of this work is to provide a tool useful to estimate the thermal stress to which power devices are subjected under active-short-circuit tests, trying to identify any possible weaknesses in the technology.
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Model Predictive Control Algorithm for Prolonging Lifetime of Three-Phase Voltage Source Converters
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