Published April 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Recent progress of ultrahigh voltage SiC devices for particle accelerator

  • 1. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Advanced Power Electronics Research Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki (Japan)
  • 2. RIKEN, SPring-8 Center, Tokai, Ibaraki (Japan)

Description

Silicon carbide (SiC) is the promising material for next power electronics technology used in the field such as HEV, EV, and railway, electric power infrastructure. SiC enables power devices with low loss to easily operate in an ultrahigh-voltage region because of the high breakdown electric field of SiC. In this paper, we report static and dynamic electric performances of 3300 V class SiC SBDs, IE-MOSFETs, >10 kV PiN diodes and IE-IGBTs. Especially, the electrical characteristics of IE-IGBT with the blocking voltage of 16.5 kV indicate the sufficient ability to convert the thyratron in high power RF system of an accelerator. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Kasokuki
Journal Volume
13
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 25-31
ISSN
1349-3833

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Notes
4 refs., 19 figs., 2 tabs.