In recent decades, several factors such as environmental protection, fossil fuel scarcity,
climate change and pollution have driven the research and development of a more clean …

The trend toward integrating power electronic converters and pushing their device utilization
toward physical limits puts the spotlight on the junction temperature of the devices. The …

This article gives insights into recent developments in the field of power semiconductor gate
drivers that exhibit intelligent features. Such features are active switching transient control …

Thermal management is a key design aspect of power converters since it determines their
reliability as well as their final performance and power density. Cooling technologies have …

A host of high-voltage-capable electronic packaging approaches have emerged in recent
years for usage in nextgeneration power electronics. In this article, the focus is on the …

Reliability of power inverters is of dominant importance in various applications, including
industrial, military, aerospace, and commercial applications. Therefore, developing fault …

This paper proposes a methodology for active thermal control of power electronic modules
in ac applications, which includes a loss manipulation unit, a thermal observer structure, and …

According to the characteristics of photovoltaic power generation and radiative cooling, a
novel strategy of PVRC-TE (incorporation of radiative cooling with solar photovoltaic …

Power converters have widespread applications in automotive, renewables, and power
systems. The demand for power modules with low power consumption and high efficiency …

Active thermal control for power modules can potentially extend the lifetime of the converter.
This paper investigates the trade-off between the lifetime extension or de-rating and its cost …