27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-7.5.1

SIC TECHNOLOGY, A WAY TO IMPROVE AEROSPACE INVERTER EFFICIENCY

S. Viellard
SAFRAN Hispano-Suiza, France

Keywords: sic, inverter, efficiency, igbt

Through demonstrators and prototypes, Safran Power has evaluated the potential benefit of SiC diode. Comparisons and Trade Off have been performed through a focus on inverter for different types of applications. Then an overview of the interests/benefits of full SiC inverter will be discussed.

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