Transportation Electrification: Power Semiconductors Used in Electric Drive Trains
Much of the potential for future innovation in power electronics circuit topologies resides in the components, specifically the power semiconductors that are used as switches in power electronics. Cost reductions and reliability improvements in power electronics are largely derived from incremental advancements being made in power semiconductors. Power semiconductors can be divided into two main groups: controllable and noncontrollable. In this course Dr. Gover discusses diodes, bipolar junction transistors, JFETs, MOSFETs, IGBTs, SiC and GaN devices,and power losses in switches and power modules. He focuses particularly on IGBT switches. Each of these devices is important to electric drive trains although some are only important as parasitic devices in other power switches.
What you will learn:
- Identify the circuit symbols of the power semiconductor component
- Explain what types of power semiconductors are preferred for application in electric drive trains
- Explain the importance of thermal and mechanical design in power switch selection
- Identify the role of parasitic semiconductors in various types of power semiconductors
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Who should attend: Electrical engineer, Network engineer, Data engineer, Design engineer, Hardware engineer, Security engineer, Lead engineer, Project engineer, Product engineer, Software engineer, System, Manufacturing engineer
Instructor
James Gover
Dr. James Gover, IEEE Life Fellow, is currently Professor Emeritus at Kettering University and teaches graduate courses on power semiconductors, advanced power electronics and fuel cell system integration and packaging. Dr. Gover was Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Kettering for fourteen years and served as Department Chair for three years. His research and teaching specialty at Kettering University was hybrid electric vehicles and the associated technologies. He was awarded the title of IEEE Fellow for his work in radiation effects.
Publication Year: 2013
ISBN: 1-4673-3227-5