An inverter for an electric vehicle drive has a bridge including a plurality of power switching devices having respective insulated gate terminals and emitter terminals. A PWM circuit determines switching commands for controlling the bridge. A plurality of gate drivers receive the switching commands and provide gate drive signals to respective gate terminals. A plurality of gate capacitors are each thermally coupled to a respective switching device and are electrically connected between the respective gate and emitter terminals. Each gate capacitor has a negative temperature coefficient adapted to counter changes in a switching speed of the switching devices over a predetermined range of temperature. As a result, a consistent switching speed is maintained so that power loss and switching device reliability are optimal across the full temperature range.
SENSORLESS TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION FOR POWER SWITCHING DEVICES
2018-05-17
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | H03K PULSE TECHNIQUE , Impulstechnik / B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen / H01L Halbleiterbauelemente , SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES / H02M APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS , Anlagen zur Umformung von Wechselstrom in Wechselstrom, von Wechselstrom in Gleichstrom oder umgekehrt, oder von Gleichstrom in Gleichstrom und zur Verwendung in Netzen oder ähnlichen Stromversorgungssystemen / H02P CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS , Steuern oder Regeln von elektrischen Motoren, elektrischen Generatoren, dynamoelektrischen Umformern |
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