Impact of Silicon Carbide Devices on the Dynamic Performance of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive Systems for Electric Vehicles

Xiaofeng Ding, Min Du, Jiawei Cheng, Feida Chen, Suping Ren and Hong Guo
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Xiaofeng Ding: School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, BeiHang University, Beijing 100191, China
Min Du: School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, BeiHang University, Beijing 100191, China
Jiawei Cheng: School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, BeiHang University, Beijing 100191, China
Feida Chen: School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, BeiHang University, Beijing 100191, China
Suping Ren: School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, BeiHang University, Beijing 100191, China
Hong Guo: School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, BeiHang University, Beijing 100191, China

Energies, 2017, vol. 10, issue 3, 1-19

Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of silicon carbide (SiC) metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) on the dynamic performance of permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drive systems. The characteristics of SiC MOSFETs are evaluated experimentally taking into account temperature variations. Then the switching characteristics are firstly introduced into the transfer function of a SiC-inverter fed PMSM drive system. The main contribution of this paper is the investigation of the dynamic control performance features such as the fast response, the stability and the robustness of the drive system considering the characteristics of SiC MOSFETs. All the results of the SiC-drive system are compared to the silicon-(Si) insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) drive system counterpart, and the SiC-drive system manifests a higher dynamic performance than the Si-drive system. The analytical results have been effectively validated by experiments on a test bench.

Keywords: silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET; silicon (Si) IGBTs; permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM); switching characteristics; dynamic performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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