Remaining useful lifetime prediction and extension of Si power devices have been studied
extensively. Silicon carbide (SiC) power devices have been developed and commercialized …

This paper discusses various types of failure mechanisms, precursor parameters, and
accelerated aging-based procedures to estimate the remaining life of power electronic …

Reliability of power converters and lifetime prediction has been a major topic of research in
the last few decades, especially for traction applications. The main failures in high power …

The global promotion of electric vehicles (EVs) through various incentives has led to a
significant increase in their sales. However, the prolonged charging duration remains a …

Effective fault diagnosis for mission-critical and safety-critical systems has been an essential
and mandatory technique to reduce failure rate and prevent unscheduled shutdown. In this …

Sequence time-domain reflectometry (STDR) and spread spectrum time-domain
reflectometry (SSTDR) detect, locate, and diagnose faults in live (energized) electrical …

Aiming at delivering power to sensitive loads with an enhanced level of reliability and
quality, a compact multilevel battery-based electric spring (ES2) topology founded on the …

High thermal and electrical stress, over a period of time tends to deteriorate the health of
power electronic switches. Being a key element in any high-power converter systems, power …

The modelling, control, switching schemes, novel applications, etc. of multi‐phase voltage
source inverters (VSIs) have been studied in recent years. While some DC‐link capacitor …

Aiming at the problem to diagnosis multiple parametric faults in power electronic circuits, a
new diagnosis framework based on hybrid bond graph (HBG) and genetic algorithm (GA) is …