High Temperature Inverter for Airborne Application
Résumé
This paper reports the design, fabrication and experimental performance of a 2kW, 20kHz, High Temperature, three-phase, all-SiC JFET Voltage Source Inverter (VSI). The inverter includes a specific JFET driver and a DC-link capacitor. All these elements have been validated over a wide temperature range, between 25°C and 200°C. The power device used, a 1200V, 15A, JFET from SiCED has been characterized up to 200°C. An innovative reliable protection circuit for normally-on devices is also presented and validated.