Mersen's three-phase silicon carbide power stack reference design provides system designers with a complete, compact, high-power silicon carbide solution without the need for separate equipment procurement, testing and certification. The design integrates Microchip's silicon carbide power modules and digital gate drivers with Mersen's fuses, busbars, capacitors and thermal management, optimized in a single high-performance stack reference design.
Using Microchip's 1200V MSCSM120AM042CD3AG silicon carbide MOSFET and AgileSwitch 2ASC-12A1HP digital door drivers, the design allows engineers to quickly develop high voltage systems using kits predesigned for their applications, Reduce time-to-market by as much as six months.
Leon Gross, vp of Microchip Discrete Products Business said:"Microchip customers will benefit from our collaboration with Mersen to provide silicon carbide MOSFET and digital gate drive solutions," "When power inverter designers can source proven solutions, they can avoid sourcing individual parts and reduce risk through reliability -- which helps avoid downtime. Designers now have an integrated evaluation system."
A choice of module structures is provided, including substrate materials, DBC ceramic materials, and chip connection methods. The power stack reference design delivers a power density of 16kW/l and up to 130C Tj with a peak efficiency of 98% and switching frequency up to 20kHz. The reference design uses Microchip's rugged silicon carbide MOSFET and AgileSwitch series configurable digital gate drivers, allowing engineers to select 700V and 1200V options at currents up to 750A.
Philippe Roussel, PhD, Vice President of Global Strategy. Maerson Marketing Executive specialist said: "Given the availability of highly robust silicon carbide MOSFET and compatible digital gate drivers from a single source, we worked closely with Microchip to design and develop this silicon carbide power stack reference design,"
"So, with our highly reliable line of busbars, capacitors, fuses and cooling systems, we can demonstrate our ability to optimize the topology of any of our customers' inverters. The versatile Microchip silicon carbide series also enables us to extend these major specifications to higher voltages, currents and switching frequencies to meet each customer's operating point needs."
