Reliability investigation on SiC BJT power moduleShow others and affiliations
2016 (English)In: PCIM Europe 2016: International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016, p. 1063-1071, article id 7499474Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
In this paper reliability investigation results for a power module fully based on silicon carbide (SiC) devices are presented. The module comprises four SiC bipolar junction transistors (BJT) and four SiC diodes in half-bridge configuration and is part of a newly developed 3-phase inverter for construction vehicles as well as for passenger car applications. The reliability investigations include electro-thermal and thermo-mechanical finite element simulations as well as power cycling tests with subsequent failure analyses. Furthermore, a double-sided cooling approach for the SiC BJT power module will be described and its thermal performance compared to the single-sided cooling version.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016. p. 1063-1071, article id 7499474
Keywords [en]
Bridges, Electric power systems, Energy management, Finite element method, Intelligent robots, Power electronics, Reliability, Silicon carbide, Construction vehicle, Double-sided cooling, Finite element simulations, Reliability investigations, SiC bipolar junction transistors, Silicon carbides (SiC), Thermal Performance, Thermo-mechanical, Bipolar transistors
National Category
Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-30342Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85025709235ISBN: 9783800741861 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-30342DiVA, id: diva2:1134509
Conference
2016 International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management (PCIM Europe 2016), May 10-12, 2016, Nuremberg, Germany
Projects
COSIVU2017-08-212017-08-212023-05-25Bibliographically approved