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Comparison Between Desaturation Sensing and Rogowski Coil Current Sensing for Short Circuit Protection of 1.2 kV, 300 A SiC MOSFET Module
Year: 2018 | Author: Slavko Mocevic | Paper: T3.1
Fig. 1. Comparison between desaturation protection and Rogowski coil current sensing protection for (a) FUL, (b) HSF and (c) load fault.
According to the behavior of the device during the SC and the previously stated, two protection methods will be compared in: A. Time spent in SC [µs], B. Detection time (time from beginning to the detection) [ns], C. Reaction time (time from the detection until soft turn-off (STO) is initiated) [ns], D. Energy dissipated on devices during SC [J], E. Current peak [kA] and F. Voltage overshoot (max measured overshoot) [V]. Protections will be compared in fault under load (FUL), hard switching fault (HSF), and load fault types of fault.
Both protection methods are successful in protecting the module from destruction no matter the SC type. However, it can be observed (Fig. 1.) that DeSat performance can depend on the SC type and temperature (load fault). DeSat protection performance in the FUL and HSF cases of SC is are adequate. It is slower than Rogowski coil-based protection, which results in a higher peak current and higher dissipated energy, especially in the FUL case, as well as a higher overshoot. DeSat in load fault type is highly dependent on the temperature, which returns better performance of DeSat at higher temperatures because protection is tuned in that manner. The Rogowski coil-based protection method demonstrates consistent behavior and performance regardless of the temperature of the module or the SC type. This behavior is a consequence of protection based on current measurement, not measuring the VDS voltage, which is highly dependent on temperature since the on-state resistance relies on temperature.
