SiC MOSFET-Based High Performance Double Side Cooled Module and Compact Cooler for High Power-Density Automotive Inverter Applications

This paper presents a high performance Double Side Cooled (DSC) module based on trench Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFETs, and demonstrates the design of an optimized cooler. The cooler's thermal performance is simulated and experimentally verified. The static and switching characteristics of the SiC module are experimentally characterized and compared against a Silicon- (Si) based DSC Module to determine the benefits of SiC at the module and inverter levels.