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摘要
本文将探讨如何在雪崩工作条件下评估SiC MOSFET的鲁棒性。MOSFET功率变换器,特别是电动汽车驱动电机功率变换器,需要能够耐受一定的工作条件。如果器件在续流导通期间出现失效或栅极驱动命令信号错误,就会致使变换器功率开关管在雪崩条件下工作。因此,本文通过模拟雪崩事件,进行非钳位感性负载开关测试,并使用不同的SiC MOSFET器件,按照不同的测试条件,评估技术的失效能量和鲁棒性。
引语
雪崩事件
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鲁棒性评估和雪崩测试
为了清楚起见,只给出了RG =4.7Ω和47Ω两种情况的波形。我们观察到,失效电流不受RGL的影响。图6(b)显示了D1,D2和D3三组的平均EAV。
注意到EAV失效能量略有降低,可忽略不计,因此,可以得出结论,在UIS测试条件下,这些SiC MOSFET的鲁棒性与RG无关。
图7(a)和(b)所示是按照测试条件B,在L=50H和1mH时,各做一次UIS测试的失效波形,为简单起见,只从SiC MOSFET D3中抽取一个典型样品做实验。
在提高负载电感后,电感器储存的能量增加,因此,失效电流减小。
【图7:UIS对L最终测试结果 (a) 在L=50H时, D3样品的VDS 和 ID 典型值 (b)在L=1mH时, D3样品的VDS 和 ID 典型值 (c) 平均失效能量EAV.】
结论
本文探讨了在SiC MOSFET应用中需要考虑的可能致使功率器件处于雪崩状态的工作条件。为了评估SiC MOSFET的鲁棒性,本文通过实验测试评估了雪崩能量,最后还用三款特性不同的SiC MOSFET做对比测试,定义导致器件失效的最大雪崩能量。雪崩能量与芯片面积成正比,并且是栅极电阻、负载电感和外壳温度的函数。
这种在分立器件上进行的雪崩耐量分析,引起使用电源模块开发应用的设计人员的高度关注,因为电源模块是由许多并联芯片组成,这些芯片的鲁棒性需要高度一致,必须进行专门的测试分析。此外,对于特定的应用,例如,汽车应用,评估雪崩条件下的鲁棒性,可以考虑使用单脉冲雪崩测试和重复雪崩测试方法。这是一个重点课题,将是近期评估活动的目标。
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