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 …

A digital twin based estimation method for health indicators of DC–DC converters

Y Peng, S Zhao, H Wang - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes a health indicator estimation method based on the digital-twin concept
aiming for condition monitoring of power electronic converters. The method is noninvasive …

A composite failure precursor for condition monitoring and remaining useful life prediction of discrete power devices

S Zhao, S Chen, F Yang, E Ugur… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to prevent catastrophic failures in power electronic systems, multiple failure
precursors have been identified to characterize the degradation of power devices. However …

In situ Degradation Monitoring of SiC MOSFET Based on Switching Transient Measurement

S Pu, E Ugur, F Yang, B Akin - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET health condition monitoring method
based on the switching transient measurements. Specifically, the device's turn-on time is …

A practical on-board SiC MOSFET condition monitoring technique for aging detection

S Pu, F Yang, BT Vankayalapati, E Ugur… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, an in situ SiC mosfet degradation monitoring method using readily available
converter sensors is presented. Device's drain-source resistance in saturation and ohmic …

Driving GaN power transistors

DB Ma - 2019 31st International Symposium on Power …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to take full advantage of fast and efficient switching performance of emerging GaN
power devices, it is important for circuit designers to understand the unique features of …

Failure prevention in DC–DC converters: Theoretical approach and experimental application on a zeta converter

M Bindi, F Corti, F Grasso, A Luchetta… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we propose a monitoring procedure based on a multilayer neural network with
multivalued neurons (MLMVN) capable of preventing catastrophic failures of dc–dc …

A practical switch condition monitoring solution for SiC traction inverters

BT Vankayalapati, M Farhadi, R Sajadi… - IEEE Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As automotive manufacturers move toward silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET-based traction
inverters, practical online switch condition monitoring solutions are crucial to address …

An approach for online estimation of on-state resistance in sic mosfets without current measurement

F Karakaya, A Maheshwari, A Banerjee… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While silicon carbide power mosfet s have significantly superior figures-of-merit in
comparison to conventional silicon devices, they have seen relatively limited adoption in …

A novel model of the aging effect on the on-state resistance of sic power mosfets for high-accuracy package-related aging evaluation

Q Zhang, P Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Package-related aging (PRA) defects can cause severe failures in SiC mosfet s, so an aging
evaluation method is essential. on-state resistance (R ON) is the most widely used aging …