500 degrees C SiC PWM Integrated Circuit

• This letter reports on a high-temperature pulsewidth modulation (PWM) integrated circuit microfabricated in 4H-SiC bipolar process technology that features an on-chip integrated ramp generator. The circuit has been characterized and shown to be operational in a wide temperature range from 25 to 500 degrees C. The operating frequency of the PWM varies in the range of 160 to 210 kHz and the duty cycle varies less than 17% over the entire temperature range. The proposed PWM is suggested to efficiently and reliably control power converters in extreme environments.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Bipolar junction transistor (BJT)

high-temperature integrated circuit (IC)

pulsewidth modulator (PWM)

silicon carbide

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art (subject category)