Phase change materials (PCM) used to buffer temperature swings in electronic devices
have the potential to improve reliability and shrink the volume and weight of the thermal …

Health degradation issues in automotive power electronics converter systems (PECs) are
present due to repetitive thermomechanical stress endured while the vehicle is in real-field …

Power loss estimation is an indispensable procedure to conduct lifetime prediction for power
semiconductor device. The previous studies successfully perform steady-state power loss …

This paper compares the overall performance and reliability of modular and non-modular
active front-end (AFE) rectifiers in electric vehicle (EV) charging applications, based on the …

In electric vehicles (EVs), film capacitors are installed in the traction inverter to reduce ripple
current. However, the lifespan of commercial film capacitors is highly sensitive to …

In the classical development process of electronic components, experimental tests under
standard conditions (thermal shock, active load change tests) as well as simulations of …

Recently the majority of research in the field of predictive torque control (PTC) focuses on
torque ripple and computational burden reduction. The main disadvantage of the traditional …

In the upcoming years, the implementation of smart charging strategies will be required to
deal with the increasing number of electric vehicles (EVs). This paper investigates the …