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Thermal design optimization of novel modular power converter assembly enabling higher performance, reliability and availability (2016)
Journal Article
Cova, P., Delmonte, N., Solomon, A., & Castellazzi, A. (2016). Thermal design optimization of novel modular power converter assembly enabling higher performance, reliability and availability. Microelectronics Reliability, 64, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microrel.2016.07.019

An alternative integration scheme for a half-bridge switch using 70 μm thin Si IGBTs and diodes is presented. This flat switch, which is designed for high-frequency application with high power density, exhibits high strength, high toughness, low para... Read More about Thermal design optimization of novel modular power converter assembly enabling higher performance, reliability and availability.

Body diode reliability investigation of SiC power MOSFETs (2016)
Journal Article
Fayyaz, A., Romano, G., & Castellazzi, A. (2016). Body diode reliability investigation of SiC power MOSFETs. Microelectronics Reliability, 64, 530-534. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microrel.2016.07.044

A special feature of vertical power MOSFETs, in general, is the inbuilt body diode which could eliminate the need of having to use additional anti-parallel diodes for current freewheeling in industrial inverter applications: this, clearly, subject to... Read More about Body diode reliability investigation of SiC power MOSFETs.

Design of a cooperative voltage harmonic compensation strategy for islanded microgrids combining virtual admittance and repetitive controller (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Blanco, C., Tardelli, F., Reigosa, D., Zanchetta, P., & Briz, F. Design of a cooperative voltage harmonic compensation strategy for islanded microgrids combining virtual admittance and repetitive controller. Presented at 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)

Non-linear loads (NLLs) in three-phase systems are known to produce current harmonics at -5, 7, -11, 13... times the fundamental frequency; harmonics of the same frequencies are induced in microgrid voltage, reducing therefore the power quality. Dedi... Read More about Design of a cooperative voltage harmonic compensation strategy for islanded microgrids combining virtual admittance and repetitive controller.

Optimized resonant pulsed power supplies with deadbeat: repetitive regulation (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ji, C., Clare, J. C., & Zanchetta, P. Optimized resonant pulsed power supplies with deadbeat: repetitive regulation. Presented at 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)

This paper presents a novel digital deadbeat + repetitive control (DBRC) strategy for output voltage regulation of pulsed power resonant converters used in high energy physics applications. The proposed converter contains three individual series reso... Read More about Optimized resonant pulsed power supplies with deadbeat: repetitive regulation.

Taking into account interactions between converters in the design of aircraft power networks (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, Q., Formentini, A., Baraston, A., Zhang, X., Zanchetta, P., Schanen, J., & Boroyevich, D. Taking into account interactions between converters in the design of aircraft power networks. Presented at 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)

This paper presents some key interactions among converters, which need to be taken into account when designing a modern embedded electrical grid, including a large amount of Power Electronics based loads. A design by Optimization method is first used... Read More about Taking into account interactions between converters in the design of aircraft power networks.

Development and characterisation of pressed packaging solutions for high-temperature high-reliability SiC power modules (2016)
Journal Article
Ortiz Gonzalez, J., Aliyu, A. M., Alatise, O., Castellazzi, A., Ran, L., & Mawby, P. (2016). Development and characterisation of pressed packaging solutions for high-temperature high-reliability SiC power modules. Microelectronics Reliability, 64, 434-439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microrel.2016.07.062

SiC is a wide bandgap semiconductor with better electrothermal properties than silicon, including higher temperature of operation, higher breakdown voltage, lower losses and the ability to switch at higher frequencies. However, the power cycling perf... Read More about Development and characterisation of pressed packaging solutions for high-temperature high-reliability SiC power modules.

Experimental comparison of devices thermal cycling in direct matrix converters (DMC) and Indirect Matrix Converters (IMC) using SiC MOSFETs (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Trentin, A., Zanchetta, P., Empringham, L., De Lillo, L., Wheeler, P., & Clare, J. C. Experimental comparison of devices thermal cycling in direct matrix converters (DMC) and Indirect Matrix Converters (IMC) using SiC MOSFETs. Presented at 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)

This paper presents an experimental comparison between a Direct Matrix Converter and an Indirect Matrix Converter in terms of semiconductor devices thermal cycling. Both converters have been designed and built using SiC MOSFETs; the Indirect Matrix C... Read More about Experimental comparison of devices thermal cycling in direct matrix converters (DMC) and Indirect Matrix Converters (IMC) using SiC MOSFETs.

Predictive control for active split DC-bus 4-leg inverters (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bifaretti, S., Pipolo, S., Lidozzi, A., Solero, L., Tariscotti, L., & Zanchetta, P. Predictive control for active split DC-bus 4-leg inverters. Presented at 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)

This paper proposes a Predictive Control, formally Dead-Beat (DBC), for a four-leg inverter having an Active Split DC-bus on the fourth leg and LC filters on phase-to-neutral outputs. Such a configuration permits to reduce the voltage ripple on the n... Read More about Predictive control for active split DC-bus 4-leg inverters.

Efficiency evaluation of fully integrated on-board EV battery chargers With nine-phase machines (2016)
Journal Article
Bodo, N., Levi, E., Subotic, I., Espina, J., Empringham, L., & Johnson, C. M. (2016). Efficiency evaluation of fully integrated on-board EV battery chargers With nine-phase machines. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 32(1), 257-266. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2016.2606657

A fully integrated on-board battery charger for future electric vehicles (EVs) has been recently introduced. It reutilizes all the propulsion components of an EV in charging/vehicle-to-grid (V2G) modes, it does not require any additional components o... Read More about Efficiency evaluation of fully integrated on-board EV battery chargers With nine-phase machines.

Maximum torque-per-Amp control for traction IM drives: theory and experimental results (2016)
Journal Article
Bozhko, S., Dymko, S., Kovbasa, S., & Peresada, S. (2017). Maximum torque-per-Amp control for traction IM drives: theory and experimental results. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 53(1), 181-193. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2016.2608789

A novel maximum torque per Ampere (MTPA) controller for induction motor (IM) drives is presented. It is shown to be highly suited to applications that do not demand an extremely fast dynamic response, for example electric vehicle drives. The proposed... Read More about Maximum torque-per-Amp control for traction IM drives: theory and experimental results.