Arun Karuppaswamy B | Searcharxiv

arXiv2026

Analysis and Design of Desaturation Short-Circuit Protection for SiC MOSFET Under High Switching Voltage Transients

Short-circuit protection is vital for ensuring the safe operation of high-power-density power converters using Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFETs. However, adapting conventional desaturation (DESAT) protection, originally designed for Silicon (Si) IGBTs, is challenging due to the significantly shorter shortcircuit withstand time of SiC devices, typically less than 3μs. Nevertheless, DESAT protection can be adapted for SiC MOSFETs through certain circuit modifications. This article provides a comprehensive analysis and design guidelines for the three architectural variants of DESAT protection circuits, specifically for adjusting the short-circuit detection time suitable for SiC MOSFETs. Further, this article establishes a quantitative framework to evaluate the noise induced into the DESAT protection circuits during turn-off dv/dt switching transients. From this analysis, a design methodology and safe operating boundary are derived for each DESAT configuration, guiding the systematic selection of component values to balance dv/dt noise margin and short-circuit detection speed for SiC MOSFETs. Experimental results are presented to validate the analysis.

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arXiv2023

A Resonant Tank Based Approach for Realizing ZPA in Inductive Power Transfer Systems

A load-independent constant current (CC) - constant voltage (CV) output is an important requirement of inductive power transfer (IPT) systems for electric vehicle charging applications. Zero phase angle (ZPA) is also a desirable feature, to ensure a lower power rating requirement for the switching converter. CC and CV output along with ZPA can be achieved by using a suitable compensation topology. Equation manipulation techniques can be used for designing the compensation topology. But, it can be mathematically intensive especially for higher order topologies. To overcome this problem, resonant-tank based approaches are adopted in several works to achieve CC and CV conditions. However, equation-based approaches are depended upon either wholly or partly for realizing ZPA. This approach can be tedious and lacks physical insight. The proposed method extends resonant tank approach to achieve ZPA also, besides CC and CV. The need for a separate method to achieve ZPA is eliminated. Further, it simplifies the process in arriving at the constraints that ensure ZPA. As a sample validation, the proposed method is applied to a S-SP compensation topology. The CC-ZPA and CV-ZPA constraints for the S-SP topology are shown to be in line with the ones arrived at using an existing equation-based impedance approach. The simplicity of the proposed method can be observed from the sample validation.

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