| Abstract |
An integration of an electric motor and a drive with wide bandgap (WBG) devices possesses numerousattractive features for electrified and decentralized actuation systems. The WBG devices are capable ofoperating at high junction temperature (>170 °C) with improved efficiency due to fast switching speedand low on-state resistance. It also leads to better performance and higher power density electrohydrostaticactuators than the traditional solutions, which are being widely adopted in industrialapplications such as aerospace, robotics, automobiles, manufacturing, wind turbine, and off-roadvehicles. This paper introduces and investigates the benefits of the integrated motor drive (IMD) withthe WBG-based power electronics for the electro-hydrostatic actuation systems. |
