Nature

Commutation Failure Management in High-Voltage Direct Current Systems

Commutation failure occurs in line-commutated converter (LCC) based high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems when the inverter valve fails to transfer current to the next valve, typically as a ...
EDN

Simple technique measures performance of GaN-based power supplies

Today, most power supply roadmaps have GaN transistors incorporated into them as a key platform. The advantages of GaN transistors compared to Si MOSFETs, IGBTs, and SiC MOSFETs means engineers are ...
Electronic Design

Shootout Volume 5: Paralleling eGaN® FETs--Part 1

In the first installment, five basic designs, utilizing four EPC2001 (100 V, 25 A) paralleled devices per switch, in a half-bridge configuration are presented. The merits and drawbacks of each of the ...
EDN

Simple technique measures performance of GaN-based power supplies

Since the C OSS of GaN is independent from the load current, junction temperature, and switching speed, this feature can be utilized in the proposed method to decouple the impact of testing conditions ...