TurboDriver

As the present power grid rapidly transitions toward renewable energy, the Europe grid-connected converter market was valued at $3.8 billion in 2023 and is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 15.9% until 2032. However, meeting the government’s requirements for transient over-current capability remains a challenge for state-of-the-art grid-connected converters, which incurs high costs due to the lack of efficient solutions for transient over-current. ‘TurboDriver’ can significantly enhance over-current capacity by 42% to 75% and reduce disturbance noise by 75% during over-current periods. Notably, this method is cheap and effective, requiring only an upgrade to a single gate driver in the systems. The proposed methods can be applied in integrated circuits or acted as discreate devices, which enable two highly growing industry, power semiconductor industry, and renewable energy conversion industry.