EE seminar: Advances in Power Electronics and Power Semiconductors for E-mobility Applications

Abstract: E-mobility has emerged as an interesting application for power electronics and power semiconductors. Not only is this market demonstrating an exponential growth, but is also filled with interesting challenges. This is where Power semiconductors and power electronics can pitch in to facilitate adoption of electric cars. This talk gives an overview of the most interesting power electronic applications in electric Vehicles, with a main focus on the traction inverter application, which is, by far, the most important from a power semiconductor point of view. The latest trends in the application and power semiconductor technologies is discussed. Special focus will be given to Silicon Carbide Mosfet technology which offers significant benefits in terms of power density, switching behaviour, conduction behaviour etc. Results of power loss measurements are shown and discussed.