Design and Fabrication of a SiC-Based Power Module with Double-Sided Cooling for Automotive ApplicationsShow others and affiliations
2015 (English)In: Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications 2015: Smart Systems for Green and Automated Driving, 2015, p. 157-172Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
The electrification of drive trains combined with special requirements of the automotive and heavy construction equipment applications drives the development of small, highly integrated and reliable power inverters. To minimize the volume and increase the reliability of the power switching devices a module consisting of SiC devices with double sided cooling capability has been developed. There are several benefits related to cooling the power devices on both sides. The major improvement is the ability to increase the power density, and thereby reduce the number of active switching devices required which in turn reduces costs. Other expected benefits of more efficient cooling are reductions in volume and mass per power ratio. Alternatively, improved reliability margins due to lower temperature swings during operation are can be expected. Removing the wire bonds on the top side of the devices is expected to improve the reliability regardless, since wire bonds are known to be one of the main limitations in power switching devices. In addition, it is possible to design the package with substantially lower inductance, which can allow faster switching of the devices. In this paper the design, simulations and fabrication process of a double sided SiC-based power module are presented.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2015. p. 157-172
Series
Lecture Notes in Mobility (LNMOB), ISSN 2196-5544
Keywords [en]
Power electronics, Silicon carbide, Double-sided cooling Packaging, FE-simulation
National Category
Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-29155DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-20855-8_13ISBN: 978-3-319-20854-1 (print)ISBN: 978-3-319-20855-8 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-29155DiVA, id: diva2:1085133
Conference
19th International Forum on Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications (AMAA 2015), July 7-8, 2015, Berlin, Germany
2017-03-282017-03-282023-05-25Bibliographically approved