Since its integration into power electronic converters, the value proposition of wide band
gap semiconductors has yet to be holistically realized due to the high frequency effects associated with increased switching speeds. The United States Navy’s Smart Ship System
Design (S3D) platform enables the investigation of wide band gap-based devices in shipboard Medium Voltage Direct Current (MVDC) Integrated Power and Energy Systems
(IPES) through the use of metaheuristic model-based scaling laws. These physics-based
scaling laws are produced from a virtual prototyping approach which takes into account the
discrete building blocks associated with multi-cell based power conversion and distribution
equipment and can be used to predict size, weight, losses, cost and reliability. In present
practice, the discrete building blocks consist of power electronic assemblies laid out and
enclosed within shielded enclosures. In an effort to incorporate the high frequency effects
associated wide band gap-based Power Electronic Building Blocks (PEBB) into the virtual
prototyping approach, a mathematical model which captures the high frequency effects is
formulated in this thesis
