Power section
Power section solution block
Vehicle traction inverter development requires a wide range of skills, expertise and resources. Ricardo offers a pre-developed set of transparent silicon carbide (SiC) inverter development solutions that provide diverse features & functions.
Our solution blocks have been developed leveraging the wider Ricardo capabilities to apply advanced options for differentiation. Ricardo’s solutions can be offered holistically or in “solution blocks” that can be tailored or customized.
Our power section solution block offers OEMs and suppliers with proven solutions to support your electrification ambitions. Our power section solution block supports the implementation and development of clients' electrified inverter solutions with optimised and scalable power delivery.
Features and performance capabilities
- Ultra-low stray inductance architectures
- Tunable X and Y capacitor
- Tunable common mode filtering
- Integrated temperature sensing (in-module)
Customisation
Our electrification expertise and capability offers unrivalled solutions for our clients. Our proven solutions can be developed quicky for your application and our deep expertise enables us to customise our technology to meet and exceed the needs of your application. The list below is an example of the types of customisation we can support you with.
- Optimise power section to customer application
- Select most appropriate power modules and DC-link capacitor designs
- Custom busbar layout and stray inductance optimisation
Additional Options
- Scalable power modules in current and voltage
- Integrated Y-capacitors (integrated in DC-link)
- Die temperature prediction (in SW block)
Get in touch with our electrification experts today
Get in touch with our expert team for more information about our electrification solutions. Talk to us about your current situation and challenges so that we can develop the optimal solution for your application.
Solution blocks
Explore our range of electrification solution blocks which are configurable to your application.
Motor control software
Learn more about our reusable software modules for client applications which can be easily integrated with clients' existing software.
Control board
Our control board solution block enables rapid configuration to customer footprint and size, combining PCM and inverter control into a single board.
Driver board
Learn more about our driver board solution block which offers configurable PVM switching frequency along with switch timing and DSAT for over current protection.
Layout and packaging
Talk to us about Ricardo solutions to layout, form factor and packaging needs. Our solution block offers layout changes to support optimised cooling and electrical interfaces.
Analysis and simulation
Discover our analysis and simulation expertise for inverter technology. Our capabilities include PCB thermal analysis along with CFD analysis and circuit simulation.
Testing capability
Our specialist test benches support detailed testing for PCB functional circuit tests and inverter EOL testing. Find out more about our testing capabilities.
