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Pre-Switch says its AI-controlled soft-switching platform improves inverter efficiency by timing power-switch transitions to reduce the overlap of voltage and current that causes switching losses. The company has reported high efficiency figures for CleanWave reference inverters, but those results are tied to specific systems and test conditions; they are not a guarantee of performance in every inverter or vehicle.

How Pre-Switch’s soft-switching approach works

In a conventional hard-switched inverter, a power transistor turns on or off while voltage and current may still overlap across it. That overlap dissipates energy as heat. Pre-Switch uses forced-resonant soft switching: small auxiliary resonant transistors help create conditions for the main switches to change state with minimal voltage-current overlap.

An FPGA runs an adaptive algorithm that adjusts the timing of those auxiliary transistors. The AI element, as described for the platform, is this timing control; it is not a claim that the inverter independently learns how to drive a vehicle or manage the entire power system. The available descriptions do not specify the algorithm’s internal design.

Reducing switching losses can make higher switching frequency practical. Higher frequency can, in turn, support a cleaner motor-current waveform and reduce motor iron losses, and may allow smaller DC-link capacitors and output filters. These are potential system-level benefits, not automatic results: they depend on the converter, motor, operating conditions and design choices.

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What the published CleanWave results show

The reported efficiency figures belong to named Pre-Switch reference systems. They should be read as company-reported results covered by trade publications, not as independent certification or a universal rating for the platform.

Reported result System and conditions stated Attribution and qualification
99.3% efficiency Reported at 100 kHz; other test conditions not stated Pre-Switch data reported by EE Times in 2021. The company CEO said the figure had an accuracy of 0.01%; the cited reporting does not establish independent verification.
98.5% efficiency CleanWave2 at 5% load; switching frequency and other test conditions not stated Pre-Switch test result reported by Electronics360 in 2023; independent reproduction is not established.
99.57% peak efficiency CleanWave2 at 100 kHz; load and other test conditions not stated Pre-Switch test result reported by Electronics360 in 2023; this is a peak figure, not an efficiency value across the operating range.
90% or more reduction in total system switching losses Double-pulse testing; the exact setup and comparison conditions are not stated here Result reported by Power Electronics News in 2020. It concerns switching losses, not a 90% increase in overall inverter efficiency.

The CleanWave200 reference hardware described in the 2020 report included a 200-kW inverter, Pre-Drive3 controller board, Pre-Flex FPGA and RPG resonant power-gate-driver board. That report also said the system enabled switching frequencies 4–5 times those of hard-switched IGBT systems and 35 times those of hard-switched SiC and GaN systems. The comparison is attributed to that report; baseline frequencies and full test conditions are not stated here.

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Does 99.3% mean every inverter reaches that efficiency?

No. The 99.3% figure is a Pre-Switch-reported result at 100 kHz, not a universal efficiency specification. Efficiency varies with load and temperature, and a peak result says little by itself about performance across a vehicle’s drive cycle or a converter’s full operating range. The 2023 report’s 98.5% result at 5% load is a separate CleanWave2 measurement, and should not be combined with the 99.3% figure as though both describe one test curve.

To evaluate a claimed inverter efficiency, look for the tested hardware and semiconductor type, switching frequency, load and temperature range, measurement method, and whether results have been independently reproduced. A single peak value cannot answer how the unit performs under real operating conditions.

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Could soft switching extend EV range?

Pre-Switch has claimed up to 12% improvement in EV range, as reported by Power Electronics News in 2021. That is a company claim, not a universal or independently established range increase. The report details available here do not specify a vehicle, route, baseline inverter, or test protocol, so the percentage should not be treated as a prediction for a particular car.

The proposed rationale is that reducing inverter switching losses and improving motor operation at higher switching frequency can reduce energy lost in the powertrain. But vehicle range depends on the whole vehicle and driving conditions. An inverter-level efficiency result alone does not establish a matching percentage gain in range.

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Where the technology may be useful—and what to compare

The strongest documented application is EV traction. The platform is also identified for DC/AC and AC/DC converters, renewable-energy power conversion and industrial systems; aviation motors are described as a potential use. These applications have different power, cooling, reliability and certification requirements, so an EV reference result should not be assumed to transfer directly.

When comparing a soft-switched inverter with a conventional one, assess the complete system rather than efficiency alone:

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  • Efficiency across operating conditions: compare load and temperature curves, not only peak numbers.
  • Switching design: identify hard-switching versus resonant operation, switching frequency, and the semiconductor type—SiC, GaN or IGBT.
  • Electrical behavior: examine EMI, voltage slew rate (dV/dt) and the effect on the motor and its insulation.
  • System size and power density: check whether higher frequency actually reduces filter, capacitor, cooling or enclosure requirements in the target design.
  • Complexity and cost: account for auxiliary switches, control electronics and gate-driver components as well as any reduction in semiconductor count or cooling burden.
  • Evidence quality: distinguish vendor-reported measurements from independently reproduced tests, and confirm that compared results use equivalent conditions.

What the evidence supports

Pre-Switch’s central engineering proposition is that adaptive resonant timing can reduce switching losses enough to make much higher-frequency inverter operation practical. Its trade-publication-reported CleanWave results provide examples of high efficiency and reduced switching losses, but the available figures do not establish a universal advantage over other inverter designs or confirm the claimed EV-range improvement independently.

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