Ageing and failure modes of IGBT modules in high-temperature power cycling

V Smet, F Forest, JJ Huselstein… - IEEE transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an experimental study on the ageing of insulated-gate bipolar transistor
(IGBT) power modules. The aim is to identify the effects of power cycling on these devices …

Evaluation of Monitoring as a Real-Time Method to Estimate Aging of Bond Wire-IGBT Modules Stressed by Power Cycling

V Smet, F Forest, JJ Huselstein… - IEEE Transactions …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The supervision of semiconductor power devices in operation demonstrates an obvious
interest to improve the operating safety of electronic power converters used in critical …

Characterization and implementation of dual-SiC MOSFET modules for future use in traction converters

J Fabre, P Ladoux, M Piton - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon (Si) insulated-gate bipolar transistors are widely used in railway traction converters.
In the near future, silicon carbide (SiC) technology will push the limits of switching devices in …

High-scalability enhanced gate drivers for SiC MOSFET modules with transient immunity beyond 100 V/ns

J Wang, S Mocevic, R Burgos… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon-carbide (SiC) transistors with growing readiness for the power converter market have
raised an emerging need for high-performance gate driver (GD) units to maximize their …

Review of loss distribution, analysis, and measurement techniques for GaN HEMTs

J Gareau, R Hou, A Emadi - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, there has been a trend for improved performance in semiconductor
switches, allowing power electronic systems to achieve higher efficiency and higher power …

Characterization and implementation of resonant isolated DC/DC converters for future MVdc railway electrification systems

J Fabre, P Ladoux, H Caron… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Today, in electric railways, the old dc supply systems are reaching their limits. To improve
their efficiency and increase railroad traffic, a new dc electrification has recently been …

Condition monitoring: A decade of proposed techniques

Y Avenas, L Dupont, N Baker, H Zara… - IEEE Industrial …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Power conversion systems are dependent on the performance and reliability of static
converters. However, they are subject to frequent functional and environmental strains …

Power cell design and assessment methodology based on a high-current 10-kV SiC MOSFET half-bridge module

S Mocevic, J Yu, Y Xu, J Stewart, J Wang… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While 10-kV silicon-carbide (SiC) MOSFETs are gradually penetrating medium-voltage (MV)
applications, intertwined challenges concerning high-voltage insulation, high dv/dt …

Power capability investigation based on electrothermal models of press-pack IGBT three-level NPC and ANPC VSCs for multimegawatt wind turbines

OS Senturk, L Helle, S Munk-Nielsen… - … on Power Electronics, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wind turbine power capability is an essential set of data for both wind turbine manufacturers/
operators and transmission system operators since the power capability determines whether …

Power-electronic-based electric machine emulator using direct impedance regulation

K Ma, Y Song - IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Power-electronics-based emulators have been showing promising prospects in advanced
testing of various applications of power electronics systems. For electric machine …