Presentation of the potential advantages of a DC approach (MVDC networks incorporating DER) as an alternative to AC distribution systems.

This paper aims at giving a contribution to this field by proposing a new converter topology for MVDC applications.

The goal of this study is to determine if the snubber can simply be removed in IGCT if fast enough freewheeling diodes are used.

This paper proposes to use a main switch instead of adding sub-modules in the topology to provide fault blocking capability.

This paper presents different embedded measurement techniques in an active gate-driver that adjusts switching delay in real-time.

A custom package for SiC diodes is presented.

We propose a novel design methodology for these converters considering they are built based on existing prebuilt submodules.