D04.14 - Design Challenges of the 22 kV Solid-State Switch for Capacitor Discharge Application Based on 3.3 kV SiC MOSFET Super-Cascode

Thursday, March 23, 2023

11:30 AM – 1:30 PM ET

Location: HALL WA3

Authors: Ning Yan, Xiang Lin, Dong Dong, Rolando Burgos

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Ning Yan

Graduate Student
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, United States

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This paper proposes a capacitor discharge circuit for a 22 kV multilevel converter based on SiC MOSFET supercascode structure. Different operation issues such as gate oscillation, parameter selection, and device saturation will be discussed and the corresponding solutions will be provided as well.