Designing Silicon Carbide (SiC) based DC Fast Charging System
online, on-demand
The DC fast (DCFC) charging market is thriving. If you are an application, product, or design engineer, you might be involved in the design of novel DC fast charging systems. Fundamental questions might arise here, especially if it is the first time you are facing such a challenge. How and where should you begin? What are the key design considerations and how should you address them? Our system expert will guide you and highlight the key challenges, trade-offs, and compromises made, and show how to design, build and validate such a system from scratch using our 25kW SiC module based DC fast charging system reference design.
In this webinar series, we will provide holistic views of the fast DC charging system designs focusing on specific topics.
Sessions
| Session | Description |
|---|---|
| 6-Pack Boost Active Front End (AFE) Design | The first session will cover overall 25kW EV DC charging reference design objectives. We will focus on AC-DC three phase PFC stage, followed by topology and component selection. We will also show and comment on the simulation to pre-tune the power stage. |
| Dual Active Bridge DC-DC Design | The second session will cover the second stage of the fast DC EV charger reference design. We will follow the same structure as the first session with topology discussion, components selection, and simulations details. |
| Gate Drivers, Auxiliary Supply, and Thermal Management | The third session will cover the “surroundings” of the two power stages covered in Session 1 and 2, showing the selection and implementation of gate drivers. We need a housekeeping (or auxiliary) supply to feed these drivers and the other functions on the boards—the session presents the chosen solution. Finally, we will introduce the thermal management solution. |
| Measurement Results | The final session will focus on measurement and results from laboratory testing for both power stages: the Active Front End (AFE) and the Dual Active Bridge (DAB). We will illustrate and explain the waveforms and graphics synthesis. |
Speaker
Didier Balocco - EMEA Power Solution Group Business Marketing Engineer
Didier received his Electronics Engineer diploma from the “École Nationale Supérieure d’Électronique et de RadioÉlectricité de Bordeaux,” France, in 1992 and his Ph. D. degree in Power Electronics from the University of Bordeaux in 1997.
In 1996, he joined AEG Power Solutions, formerly Alcatel Converters, as a research engineer for DC-DC and AC-AC converters design in a range of 1 W to 1 kW, mainly for telecom equipment. He managed research activities from 2000 to 2014, publishing more than ten papers on power electronics, and holds one patent. From 2011 to 2013, he worked eighteen months on a 15-kW solar inverter module for a 150-kW cabinet in Dallas, Texas.
He joined Fairchild in August 2014 as a Field Application Engineer supporting the South of France, Spain, and Portugal. In 2016, onsemi acquired Fairchild. In 2018, he moved to a new role inside onsemi. He is currently an EMEA Power Solution Group Business Marketing Engineer.
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