High efficiency bidirectional 5kW DC-DC converter with super-junction MOSFETs for electric vehicle super-capacitor systems

Andrew Hopkins; Neville McNeill; Philip Anthony; Philip Mellor

doi:10.1109/ECCE.2015.7310315

High efficiency bidirectional 5kW DC-DC converter with super-junction MOSFETs for electric vehicle super-capacitor systems

Andrew Hopkins, Neville McNeill, Philip Anthony, Philip Mellor

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Abstract

This paper presents a high efficiency 5-kW bidirectional DC-DC converter for use in electric vehicle super-capacitor systems. Super-junction MOSFETs are deployed in the power stage to minimize losses. This is achieved using a snubber inductor and by arranging the gate signal underlap delays in order to control charging current caused by the devices' highly non-linear output capacitance and to deactivate the intrinsic body drain diode respectively. The result is a 5-kW power converter with an estimated efficiency exceeding 99% in the power semiconductor stage and requiring no forced cooling.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2015 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)
Place of Publication	Piscataway, N.J.
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4673-7151-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2015.7310315
Publication status	Published - 24 Sept 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2015 IEEE - Montreal, QC, United States Duration: 20 Sept 2015 → 24 Sept 2015

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Conference	Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2015 IEEE
Country/Territory	United States
City	Montreal, QC
Period	20/09/15 → 24/09/15

Keywords

MOSFET
switches
quality of service
logic gates
delays
supercapacitors

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Hopkins, A, McNeill, N, Anthony, P & Mellor, P 2015, High efficiency bidirectional 5kW DC-DC converter with super-junction MOSFETs for electric vehicle super-capacitor systems. in 2015 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE). IEEE, Piscataway, N.J., Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2015 IEEE, Montreal, QC, United States, 20/09/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2015.7310315

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High efficiency bidirectional 5kW DC-DC converter with super-junction MOSFETs for electric vehicle super-capacitor systems

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