Four-point probing of electrical parameters on various components of IGBT modules is
suggested as an approach for the estimation of degradation in stressed devices. By …

This work describes methods to determine ageing of IGBT power semiconductor modules.
The relevant parameters for fatigue during operation are identified. Based on a standard …

An electrical four-point probing approach is used to estimate local degradation in high
power insulated gate bipolar transistor modules subjected to power cycling. By measuring …

As insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) have gained an important status in a wide
range of applications, reliability, and availability of these units are of paramount importance …

Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs) are key component in power converters.
Reliability of power converters depend on wear-out process of power modules. A physical …

The success of the high temperature power electronic applications depends on the power
device reliability. The increasing thermal demands, like in hybrid electric cars, require power …

Power converter failures are a major issue in modern Wind turbines. One of the key
elements of power converters for high power application is the IGBT modules. A test bench …

This article concerns lifetime investigation of high power IGBT modules. Other research
investigating wind turbine failures of modern wind turbines observed that the power …

This paper investigates by experiment and simulation the use of the real-time measurements
of on-state voltage V CE (ON) and threshold voltage V th for real-time health monitoring of …

In this paper we report on experimental techniques for the thermal characterization of IGBT
power modules. Three different systems have been used: the first one performs “in-time” …