Power converter for traction control and transportation system

摘要

The following problem associated with a semiconductor device of silicon or the like having low band gap is solved by temperature estimation using voltage drop in such a semiconductor device having low accuracy and this complicates a circuit for temperature detection suitable for practical use or a configuration-for implementing a detection system. A power converter provided with an inverter circuit includes a semiconductor device whose band gap is larger than that of silicon and which has a range in which the temperature coefficient of voltage drop during conduction is positive. The power converter further includes a measurement condition setting circuit. This circuit adjusts the timing of the following measurement values used for temperature estimation at a device temperature estimation circuit to each other so that a measurement value of a voltage measurement circuit and a measurement value of a current measurement circuit become data obtained by measurement at the same time.