Overview of real-time lifetime prediction and extension for SiC power converters

Z Ni, X Lyu, OP Yadav, BN Singh… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Remaining useful lifetime prediction and extension of Si power devices have been studied
extensively. Silicon carbide (SiC) power devices have been developed and commercialized …

Aging mechanisms and accelerated lifetime tests for SiC MOSFETs: An overview

S Pu, F Yang, BT Vankayalapati… - IEEE Journal of Emerging …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accelerated lifetime tests (ALTs) play a critical role in long-term reliability studies of SiC
MOSFETs, including lifetime estimation, failure analysis, and condition monitoring. This …

Review and analysis of SiC MOSFETs' ruggedness and reliability

J Wang, X Jiang - IET Power Electronics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
SiC MOSFETs (silicon carbide metal‐oxide semiconductor field‐effect transistors) are
replacing Si insulated gate bipolar transistors in many power conversion applications due to …

Turn-on Delay Based Real-Time Junction Temperature Measurement for SiC MOSFETs With Aging Compensation

F Yang, S Pu, C Xu, B Akin - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Online junction temperature (T j) measurement enables robust power converter operations
by providing overtemperature protection and condition monitoring of the power devices. For …

Evaluation of Aging's Effect on Temperature-Sensitive Electrical Parameters in SiC mosfets

F Yang, E Ugur, B Akin - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The temperature-sensitive electrical parameters (TSEPs) have been used in silicon carbide
(SiC) MOSFETS junction temperature measurement for over-temperature protection and …

Temperature-independent gate-oxide degradation monitoring of SiC MOSFETs based on junction capacitances

M Farhadi, F Yang, S Pu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Gate-oxide degradation has been one of the major reliability challenges of SiC MOSFETs
and should be monitored carefully to avoid unexpected power converter failures. Various …

Gate-driver integrated junction temperature estimation of SiC MOSFET modules

S Mocevic, V Mitrovic, J Wang, R Burgos… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
SiC MOSFET power modules are becoming global solutions in systems operating in harsh
environment, and due to large economic implications, achieving reliability of such systems is …

Design methodology of DC power cycling test setup for SiC MOSFETs

F Yang, E Ugur, B Akin - … of Emerging and Selected Topics in …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The long-term reliability concerns regarding the latest power devices, eg, silicon carbide
(SiC) MOSFETs, need to be well understood for their rapid and widespread deployment in …

Impact of BTI-induced threshold voltage shifts in shoot-through currents from crosstalk in SiC MOSFETs

JO Gonzalez, O Alatise - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, a method for evaluating the implications of threshold voltage (VTH) drift from
gate voltage stress in SiC MOSFETs is presented. By exploiting the Miller coupling between …

AC power cycling test setup and condition monitoring tools for SiC-based traction inverters

M Farhadi, BT Vankayalapati… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
AC power cycling tests allow the most realistic reliability assessment by applying close to
real stress to the device or module under test to meet functional safety standards, which is …