Daniel Alexander Philipps
Background and activities
During PhD studies, I will investigate digitally adaptive gate drivers for state-of-the-art Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFETs applied in the medium voltage range and how they can be used to influence and later optimize several operational conditions of these devices. My supervisor is Dimosthenis Peftitsis.
Coming from Germany, I received my M.Sc. degree from RWTH Aachen University. My master thesis has dealt with the design and implementation of a quasi resonant DCDC Converter for the low voltage range.
The major stations of my academic development have been:
2016 - B.Sc. Degree in Electrical Engineering, Information Technology and Technical Informatics (RWTH Aachen) with major in Electric Power Engineering
2017 - Erasmus stay at Linköpings Universitet, Sweden
2018 - Internship (Research and Development) at Advanced Technology Research and Development Center of Mitsubishi Electric, Amagasaki, Japan
2019 - M.Sc. Degree in Electrical Engineering, Information Technology and Technical Informatics (RWTH Aachen) with major in Electric Power Engineering
2020 - PhD Candidate at NTNU
My work at NTNU will include both simulations and physical implementation of the gate driver concept that is derived beforehand.
Tasks will therefore range from SPICE modelling and simulation automisation to conducting experiments in the lab.
My special interests include Matlab, Python, C and C++ programming, SiC MOSFETs (static and dynamic operation conditions, production uncertainty and aging effects), modelling of SiC MOSFETs, gate driving methods and switching process manipulation as well as advanced sensoring techniques.
As for my free time - I love to go on hiking and biking trips paired up with either ham radio activities (my callsign is LB8HI) or some photography - and play the piano.
Scientific, academic and artistic work
Part of book/report
- (2021) A Flexible Test Setup for Long-Term Dynamic Characterization of SiC MOSFETs under Soft- and Hard-Switching Conditions. PCIM Europe digital days 2021; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management.
- (2021) Smart Universal Parameter Fitting Method for Modeling Static SiC Power MOSFET Behavior. 8th IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications (WiPDA).
- (2021) Reduction of Parasitic Inductance and Thermal Management in a Multichip SiC Half-Bridge Module. PCIM Europe digital days 2021; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management.