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 load6 Ω
(electric load)

Protection switch SiC-MOSFET
(1.2 kV, 80 mΩ from CREE)

Active gate controller100 kHz buck chopper
GaN-FET
(100 V, 7 mΩ from EPC)

Output inductance for active gate control330 μH
(10% ripple for 100 kHz operation)

Cell converterV048F480T006
(48 V-48 V, 300 W from VICOR)

Input cell capacitor ()22 μF

Number of cell converters4

FPGACyclone III