IEEE VPPC Application of Wide Bandgap Devices (SiC/GaN) Based Power Electronics Systems for E-mobility

Co-chair: Ke Li, Coventry University, UK
Co-chair: Joao P. Trovao, University of Sherbrooke, Canada

Call For Papers

The application of wide bandgap power semiconductor devices (SiC/GaN) into power electronics systems for e-mobility has drawn increasing research interest for both academia and industry. Wide bandgap power semiconductor devices have the potential to increase power density and power efficiency of EV-based power electronics systems, which will finally increase EV mileage and reduce overall system cost. However, it remains several challenges to fully exploit the advantages of those devices for e-mobility. For example, to expand their application in industry, designers need to understand the reliability of those devices and their packaging; those devices are very sensitive to parasitic impedance, which requires novel technique for EV-based power module packaging and interconnection; application of those devices reduce the volume of power electronics systems, therefore the thermal management become very critical; fast switching of those devices requires accurate power electronics systems control over a wide operation range and effective electromagnetic interference (EMI) mitigation solution; accurate modelling of those devices is also important to accelerate product prototyping process etc.

In order to find solutions to tackle the challenge of the application of the wide bandgap power semiconductor devices for e-mobility, the aim of this special session is to present different approaches from device level (characterisation, modelling, packaging, reliability etc.) to their integration into power electronics systems (power converter control, topologies etc.) and electrical drive.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• • SiC/GaN device novel characterization method
  • SiC/GaN device models
  • Wide bandgap power semiconductor devices packaging and reliability
  • Power electronics converters using wide bandgap device
  • EMI mitigation of wide bandgap devices-based power electronics converters
  • Electro-thermal modelling of wide bandgap devices-based power electronics converters
  • Electromagnetic modelling of wide bandgap devices-based power electronics converters
  • Application of wide bandgap devices for electrical drive

Applications of interest:
This special session will welcome audience who are interested in using SiC/GaN power semiconductors in modern transportation electrification, which includes postgraduate students, researchers and engineers from both academia and industry to attend.

All special session digests must be prepared and submitted in the same way as those for the conference regular tracks, except that the corresponding special session should be identified during submission.

 

João Pedro F. Trovão (S’08, M’13, SM’17) was born in Coimbra, Portugal, in 1975. He received the M.Sc. degree and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, in 2004 and 2013, respectively.

From 2000 to 2014, he was a Teaching Assistant and an Assistant Professor with the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra–Coimbra Institute of Engineering (IPC–ISEC), Portugal. Since 2014, he has been a Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, where he holds the Canadian Research Chair position in Efficient Electric Vehicles with Hybridized Energy Storage Systems. His research interests cover the areas of electric vehicles, hybridized energy storage systems, energy management and rotating electrical machines.

Dr. Trovão was the General Chair of the 2018 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, and the Technical Program Committee Co-Chair for 2014 and 2017 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conferences. He was a Guest Editor for the Special Issue of IET Electrical Systems in Transportation on Energy Storage And Electric Power Sub-Systems For Advanced Vehicles, for the Special Issue of Journal of Energy Storage (Elsevier) on Second Life of Electric Vehicle Batteries in Stationary Applications, for the Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology on Electric Powertrains For Future Vehicles and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology on Advanced Vehicles Power Propulsion Systems. He is senior editor of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine for Automotive Electronics.

 

Ke LI (M’14) received BEng and MEng degrees in electrical engineering from Southwest Jiaotong University, China, in 2008 and 2011 respectively, and the Eng.degree from Ecole Centrale de Marseille, France, in 2011. He received the Ph.D degree in electrical engineering from University of Lille, France, in 2014.

From 2015 to 2019, he was Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham, UK. In 2019, he was appointed as Assistant Professor in power electronics, machines and drives, Centre for Advanced Low-carbon Propulsion Systems (C-ALPS), Coventry University, UK. His research interests include wide-bandgap (SiC/GaN) power semiconductor devices integration to high power-density power converters, power converters electrothermal and electromagnetic modelling and power converters electromagnetic interference mitigation.

Submission Deadline: 8 June 2020
Acceptance notification: 17 July 2020
Final paper submission deadline: 7 August 2020

To submit papers for this Special Session, please visit:
https://vppc2020.trackchair.com/track/1915