Research Article
Fault Tolerant Operation of ISOP Multicell Dc-Dc Converter Using Active Gate Controlled SiC Protection Switch
Table 2
Parameters for fabricating four cell ISOP converters with protection switch.
| Input voltage | dc 96 V |
| Resistive load | 6 Ω (electric load) |
| Protection switch | SiC-MOSFET (1.2 kV, 80 mΩ from CREE) |
| Active gate controller | 100 kHz buck chopper GaN-FET (100 V, 7 mΩ from EPC) |
| Output inductance for active gate control | 330 μH (10% ripple for 100 kHz operation) |
| Cell converter | V048F480T006 (48 V-48 V, 300 W from VICOR) |
| Input cell capacitor () | 22 μF |
| Number of cell converters | 4 |
| FPGA | Cyclone III |
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