Three-Level Gate Driver for Latching Current Limiter in DC Microgrid Protection

Alejandro Latorre; Thiago Batista Soeiro; Rinze Geertsma; Henk Polinder

doi:10.1109/ICDCM63994.2025.11144676

Three-Level Gate Driver for Latching Current Limiter in DC Microgrid Protection

Alejandro Latorre
, Thiago Batista Soeiro
, Rinze Geertsma
, Henk Polinder

Power Electronics

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Abstract

The development of DC protection systems is an enabler of widespread adoption of DC microgrids. This paper introduces a three-level gate driver that provides the latching current limiter functionality in a solid-state circuit breaker with unidirectional protection. The proposed gate driver combines the output port description of a well-known, enabled gate driver with a soft turn-off network. The corresponding circuit can be adapted to well-established SSCBs, requiring few modifications which could allow for quick development. The concept, simulation, implementation and experimental validation of the gate driver are in the scope of the paper. The gate driver is implemented and tested in a solid-state circuit breaker prototype, showing the potential to develop further DC protection devices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2025 IEEE Seventh International Conference on DC Microgrids (ICDCM)
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings
Editors	Andrii Chub
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-3315-1274-3
ISBN (Print)	979-8-3315-1275-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDCM63994.2025.11144676
Publication status	Published - 10 Sept 2025
Event	7th International Conference on DC Microgrids, ICDCM 2025 - Original Sokos Hotel Viru, Tallinn, Estonia Duration: 4 Jun 2025 → 6 Jun 2025 Conference number: 7 https://taltech.ee/en/ieee-icdcm-2025

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Name	IEEE International Conference on DC Microgrids (ICDCM)
Volume	2025

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Conference	7th International Conference on DC Microgrids, ICDCM 2025
Abbreviated title	ICDCM 2025
Country/Territory	Estonia
City	Tallinn
Period	4/06/25 → 6/06/25
Internet address	https://taltech.ee/en/ieee-icdcm-2025

Keywords

2026 OA procedure
DC protections
solid-state circuit breaker
current limiter

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Latorre, A., Batista Soeiro, T., Geertsma, R., & Polinder, H. (2025). Three-Level Gate Driver for Latching Current Limiter in DC Microgrid Protection. In A. Chub (Ed.), 2025 IEEE Seventh International Conference on DC Microgrids (ICDCM): Proceedings (IEEE International Conference on DC Microgrids (ICDCM); Vol. 2025). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDCM63994.2025.11144676

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Latorre, A, Batista Soeiro, T, Geertsma, R & Polinder, H 2025, Three-Level Gate Driver for Latching Current Limiter in DC Microgrid Protection. in A Chub (ed.), 2025 IEEE Seventh International Conference on DC Microgrids (ICDCM): Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on DC Microgrids (ICDCM), vol. 2025, IEEE, 7th International Conference on DC Microgrids, ICDCM 2025, Tallinn, Estonia, 4/06/25. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDCM63994.2025.11144676

Three-Level Gate Driver for Latching Current Limiter in DC Microgrid Protection. / Latorre, Alejandro; Batista Soeiro, Thiago; Geertsma, Rinze et al.
2025 IEEE Seventh International Conference on DC Microgrids (ICDCM): Proceedings. ed. / Andrii Chub. IEEE, 2025. (IEEE International Conference on DC Microgrids (ICDCM); Vol. 2025).

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