Comparing Si and SiC diode performance in commercial AC-to-DC rectifiers with power-factor correction
Hernando, M.M.; Fernandez, A.; Garcia, J.; Lamar, D.G.; Rascon, M.
Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
Volume 53, Issue 2, April 2006 Page(s): 705 - 707
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/TIE.2006.870882
Summary: Improvements in power electronics are basically the result of research in two main fields, namely: 1) new topologies and 2) new devices. Researchers' efforts to achieve improved topologies are necessarily limited by the characteristics of the devices. As a result, both topologies and devices must move forward jointly and at same time. This letter studies the impact of silicon carbide diodes on a classic structure of power-factor correction-the boost converter.
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