A Novel Field-Programmable Gate Array-Based Self-Sustaining Current Balancing Approach for Silicon Carbide MOSFETs

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ग्रंथसूची विवरण
में प्रकाशित:Electronics vol. 14, no. 2 (2025), p. 268
मुख्य लेखक: Giannopoulos, Nektarios
अन्य लेखक: Ioannidis, Georgios, Vokas, Georgios, Psomopoulos, Constantinos S
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MDPI AG
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245 1 |a A Novel Field-Programmable Gate Array-Based Self-Sustaining Current Balancing Approach for Silicon Carbide MOSFETs 
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520 3 |a In medium- and high-power-density applications, silicon carbide (SiC) metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) are often connected in parallel increasing the current capability. However, the current sharing of paralleled SiC MOSFETs is affected by the mismatched technical parameters of devices and the deviated power circuit parasitic inductances, even if power devices are controlled by a single gate driver. This leads to unevenly distributed power losses causing different stress between SiC MOSFETs. As a result, unbalanced current sharing increases the probability of severe power switch(es) and system failures. For over a decade, the current imbalance issue between parallel-connected SiC MOSFETs has concerned the scientific community, and many methods and techniques have been proposed. However, most of these solutions are impossible to realize without the necessity of screening power devices to measure their technical parameters. Consequently, system costs significantly increase due to the expensive equipment for screening SiC MOSFETs. Also, transient current imbalance is the main concern of most papers, without addressing static imbalance. In this paper, an innovative approach is proposed, capable of suppressing both static and transient current imbalance between paralleled SiC MOSFETs, under both symmetrical and asymmetrical layouts, through an improved active gate driver and without the requirement for any power device screening process. Additionally, the proposed solution employs a self-sustaining algorithmic approach utilizing current sensors and a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The functionality of the proposed solution is verified through experimental tests, achieving current imbalance suppression between two paralleled SiC MOSFETs, actively and autonomously. 
653 |a Silicon carbide 
653 |a Field effect transistors 
653 |a Electronic devices 
653 |a Current sharing 
653 |a Sensor arrays 
653 |a Semiconductor devices 
653 |a Field programmable gate arrays 
653 |a Transient current 
653 |a Heat conductivity 
653 |a Parallel connected 
653 |a Parameters 
653 |a Screening 
653 |a MOSFETs 
653 |a System failures 
653 |a Asymmetry 
653 |a Metal oxide semiconductors 
700 1 |a Ioannidis, Georgios 
700 1 |a Vokas, Georgios 
700 1 |a Psomopoulos, Constantinos S 
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