GaN converter demonstrator

In today’s fast-paced society, innovation is one of the key aspects to technological development. Companies are always striving toward improving their efficiency in order to lower costs and keep up with consumers’ ever-changing needs and wants. In the field of semiconductors, Gallium Nitride (GaN) h...

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Main Author: Villarama, Joseph Christian Aguilar
Other Authors: Josep Pou
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/158649
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description In today’s fast-paced society, innovation is one of the key aspects to technological development. Companies are always striving toward improving their efficiency in order to lower costs and keep up with consumers’ ever-changing needs and wants. In the field of semiconductors, Gallium Nitride (GaN) has been an increasingly used material to power devices due to its higher breakdown strength, faster switching-speed, higher thermal conductivity and lower on- resistance. It thus can offer a pathway to achieve significant energy savings. This report explores how GaN wide-band gap semiconductors perform in high power environments and as a result, whether it can be used in aerospace applications. Using MATLAB/Simulink platform, a simulation of a three-phase converter will be done. In addition, a physical three-phase converter will be developed and the control logic will be implemented in the controller. Thereafter, testing and experimental validation of the results will be done in order to determine the overall efficiency and performance of GaN semiconductors.
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spelling ntu-10356/1586492023-07-07T18:57:03Z GaN converter demonstrator Villarama, Joseph Christian Aguilar Josep Pou School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Rolls-Royce@NTU Corporate Lab Suvajit Mukherjee j.pou@ntu.edu.sg, Suvajit.Mukherjee@Rolls-Royce.com Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering In today’s fast-paced society, innovation is one of the key aspects to technological development. Companies are always striving toward improving their efficiency in order to lower costs and keep up with consumers’ ever-changing needs and wants. In the field of semiconductors, Gallium Nitride (GaN) has been an increasingly used material to power devices due to its higher breakdown strength, faster switching-speed, higher thermal conductivity and lower on- resistance. It thus can offer a pathway to achieve significant energy savings. This report explores how GaN wide-band gap semiconductors perform in high power environments and as a result, whether it can be used in aerospace applications. Using MATLAB/Simulink platform, a simulation of a three-phase converter will be done. In addition, a physical three-phase converter will be developed and the control logic will be implemented in the controller. Thereafter, testing and experimental validation of the results will be done in order to determine the overall efficiency and performance of GaN semiconductors. Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 2022-06-07T05:04:55Z 2022-06-07T05:04:55Z 2022 Final Year Project (FYP) Villarama, J. C. A. (2022). GaN converter demonstrator. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/158649 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/158649 en B1201-211 application/pdf Nanyang Technological University
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