Active gate driver for current overshoot suppression of SiC+Si hybrid switches with dynamic gate current regulation

IF 1.6 4区工程技术 Q3 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

Microelectronics Reliability Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI:10.1016/j.microrel.2025.115689

Ping Liu , Yongjie Liu , Qi Cao , Biao Xiao , Mingbin Tang , Chunming Tu , Bin Yu

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Abstract

Hybrid Switch (HyS) is consisted of a high-current Si-insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) and a low-current Silicon Carbide (SiC)-MOSFET connected in parallel, which has been widely studied due to their high efficiency and low cost. In general, to realize the zero-voltage conduction of IGBTs, the switching timing of the Hys is usually chosen to turn on the SiC earlier or at the same instant. However, HyS will have current overcurrent stress problem in practical applications, resulting in the maximum current rating being limited. In this paper, an active drive circuit is proposed to suppress the SiC MOSFET current overshoot by extracting part of the driving current during the SiC current rise phase, so as to ensure the operational reliability of the hybrid switches. A double-pulse test platform was built to verify the proposed driver circuit under different load current conditions. The experimental results show that compared with the conventional gate driver (CGD) circuit, the Si/SiC hybrid switches with the active gate driver(AGD) circuit proposed in this paper suppresses the current overshoot of the SiC by 38.3 %, 28.4 %, and 22 % in the heavy-load, medium-load, and light-load conditions, respectively, when the drain resistance is selected to be 3 Ω. The peak current of the SiC is within the limit of the safe operating area, while the increased switching loss is within the acceptable range.

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Microelectronics Reliability 工程技术-工程：电子与电气

CiteScore

3.30

自引率

12.50%

发文量

342

审稿时长

68 days

期刊介绍： Microelectronics Reliability, is dedicated to disseminating the latest research results and related information on the reliability of microelectronic devices, circuits and systems, from materials, process and manufacturing, to design, testing and operation. The coverage of the journal includes the following topics: measurement, understanding and analysis; evaluation and prediction; modelling and simulation; methodologies and mitigation. Papers which combine reliability with other important areas of microelectronics engineering, such as design, fabrication, integration, testing, and field operation will also be welcome, and practical papers reporting case studies in the field and specific application domains are particularly encouraged. Most accepted papers will be published as Research Papers, describing significant advances and completed work. Papers reviewing important developing topics of general interest may be accepted for publication as Review Papers. Urgent communications of a more preliminary nature and short reports on completed practical work of current interest may be considered for publication as Research Notes. All contributions are subject to peer review by leading experts in the field.