| Abstract |
Applications of power converters in electric cars and trains are demanding highly integrated systemswith reduced size and high reliability. To increase the power density, many advanced power convertersystems were developed utilizing the new wide-bandgap semiconductors or implementing highswitching frequency. However, literatures rarely demonstrate any method to optimize the layout of thepower converter system. In this paper, a genetic algorithm based method is proposed to design theconverter system packing. Detailed procedures are introduced. The method has been examined at athree-phase inverter, which verifies its feasibility and efficiency. It could be a major step to improvethe overall performance of the converter systems. |
