Wide Bandgap Power Electronics Emerging Converter Technologies and Applications

This book presents the transformational progress in next-generation advanced converter circuit topologies based on the unique electrical properties of wide-bandgap semiconductors, including silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN). It addresses the opportunities for significant advances in power electronics circuit performance opened by the availability of wide-bandgap power devices and the challenges associated with using these devices that must be overcome when applying them. The authors tackle specific grand challenges in application areas covering a broad range of power electronics circuits and systems disciplines, including electric motor-driven systems, automotive applications, air/rail/ship propulsion, electric vehicle chargers, high-performance computing and data centers, power supplies, solar inverters, wind-electric systems, high/medium voltage transmission/distribution equipment and power electronics interacting with the grid, power conversion for grid storage, monolithic power processing, and solid-state circuit breakers. 

Wide Bandgap Power Electronics: Emerging Converter Technologies and Applications introduces readers to the unique characteristics of wide-bandgap power semiconductor devices and the revolutionary impact that they are capable of having on the performance of power converters in future power electronics applications and will be an invaluable resource for practicing engineers, researchers, and graduate students in the field of power electronics, applications, and systems.

Introduction.- Power Conversion Through Novel Current Source Matrix Converter.- High Power Density 10-kV SiC-MOSFET-based Modular, Scalable Power Converters for Medium Voltage Applications.- SiC-Based Wireless Power Transformation for Data Centers & Medium Voltage Applications.- Universal Battery Supercharger.- A Universal Converter for DC, Single-Phase AC, and Multi-phase AC Systems.- Single DC Source Based Cascaded Multilevel Inverter.- Advanced Parallel Resonant MHz / MW Scale Three Phase AC to DC Ultra-Fast EV Charger.- Ultra Dense Power Converters for Advanced Electrical Systems.- Grid-Connected Modular Soft-Switching Solid State Transformers.- A Bidirectional, Transformerless Converter Topology for Grid-tied Energy Storage Systems.- Enabling Ultra-Compact, Lightweight, Efficient, and Reliable 6.6 kW On-Board Bi-Directional Electric Vehicle Charger with Advanced Topology and Control.- A High-Voltage High-Reliability Scalable Architecture for Electric Vehicle Power Electronics.- WBG-Enabled Current-Source Inverters for Integrated PM Machine Drives.- Low-Cost e-mode GaN HEMT Gate Driver IC Enables Revolutionary Energy Savings in Variable Speed Drives for Appliance Motors.- Reliable, High Power Density Inverters for Heavy Equipment Applications.- Extreme Efficiency 240 Vac to Load Data Center Power Delivery Topologies and Control.- Wide Bandgap Solid State Circuit Breakers for AC and DC Microgrids.- Unified Power Flow Controller.- 1200 V SiC Based Extremely Compact, 500 kW, 2000 Hz Inverter for High-Speed Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (PMSM) Applications.- Resonant Voltage Regulator Architecture Eliminates 30-50% Energy Consumption of Digital ICs.- Aircraft Electrification - The Next Frontier for EV Technology.- WBG Based Power Electronics: Techno-Economic Aspect and Commercialization.

Isik C. Kizilyalli, Ph.D., currently serves as the Senior Director of Technology at the Sustainability Accelerator at the John Doerr School of Sustainability at Stanford University. Previously, he was the Associate Director for Technology at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), U.S. Department of Energy. In this role, Dr. Kizilyalli supported and oversaw all technology issues relating to ARPA-E’s programs, assisted with program development, recruited Program Directors and Fellows, and coordinated project management across the Agency. Dr. Kizilyalli’s focus at ARPA-E included power electronics, wide bandgap semiconductors, electronic systems for hostile environments, electrification of transport (aviation, ships, automotive), subsurface instrumentation, novel drilling concepts, medium-voltage DC distribution grids, and grid resiliency against EMP and space weather threats. Before joining ARPA-E, he served as founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Technical Officer of Avogy Inc., a venture-backed start-up focused on bulk GaN-based vertical power semiconductor technologies and power electronics. Formerly, he was with Bell Laboratories, followed by Nitronex Corporation and solar PV startup Alta Devices where his team holds the world record for single-junction solar cell conversion efficiency. Dr. Kizilyalli was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2007 for his contributions to” Integrated Circuit Technology.” He received the Bell Laboratories’ Distinguished Member of Technical Staff award and the Best Paper Award at the International Symposium on Power Semiconductors and Integrated Circuits in 2013. He holds his B.S. in Electrical Engineering, an M.S. in Metallurgy, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He has published more than 100 papers and holds 127 issued U.S. patents.

Z. John Shen, Ph.D., is currently a Professor and Director of the School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering at Simon Fraser University in Canada. He has over 30 years of industrial, academic, and entrepreneurial experience in power electronics and power semiconductor devices, with over 300 publications and 18 issued U.S. patents in these areas. He has been involved in circuit breaker research since 2013 and is an inventor of several patents and an author of over 30 publications on the subject. He was Grainger Chair Professor of Electrical and Power Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, between 2013 and 2021. Dr. Shen has served the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) in various capacities, including Vice President of Products, AdCom member, Chair of the Distinguished Lecturers Program, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Power Electronics Magazine, Guest Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics and the IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. He has been on the organizing or technical program committee of over 30 international conferences in the field and served as the General Chair of the 2016 Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE2016) and the 2018 International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices & IC’s (ISPSD2018). Dr. Shen is a Fellow of the IEEE and the U.S. National Academy of Inventors. He received his B.S. from Tsinghua University in China and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, all in electrical engineering, respectively. He is a co-editor of the book Direct Current Fault Protection: Basic Concepts and Technology Advances (Springer, 2023).

Thomas Jahns, Ph.D., is the Grainger Emeritus Professor of Power Electronics and Electric Machines at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. After earning his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from MIT in 1978, Prof. Jahns served in several engineering research positions for 13 years at GE Corporate Research and Development. From 1996 to 1998, he returned to MIT as a Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of the MIT Consortium on Advanced Automotive Electrical/Electronic Components and Systems. He joined UW-Madison in 1998 and served as a Co-Director of the Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium (WEMPEC) for 17 years.  An expert in power electronics, electric machines, drives, and power conversion, Prof. Jahns has conducted research in a wide variety of areas ranging from the development of high-performance permanent magnet machines used in a large majority of the commercial hybrid- and battery-electric vehicles to the integration of distributed renewable energy sources and energy storage into the utility grid system using microgrids. In recent years, he has focused his research on integrated motor drives and electrified transportation, merging them in developing high-power-density MW-class motor