The gradual evolution from hydro-pneumatic to electrical disposition of power in aircraft has
placed stringent requirements on the reliability of power electronic components in current …

Despite the emerging multi-phase and multi-level converters, two-level insulated gate
bipolar transistor-based power converters are still widely used in industrial applications in …

Power cycling test is one of the important tasks to investigate the reliability performance of
power device modules in respect to temperature stress. From this, it is able to predict the …

Detailed thermal dynamics of high-power IGBT modules are important information for the
reliability analysis and thermal design of power electronic systems. However, the existing …

Bond wire fatigue is one of the dominant failure mechanisms in insulated-gate bipolar
transistor (IGBT) modules under cyclic stresses. However, there are still major challenges …

This paper presents an apparatus and methodology for an advanced accelerated power
cycling test of insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) modules. In this test, the accelerated …

An electrical method for junction temperature measurement of MOS-gated power
semiconductor devices is presented. The measurement method involves detecting the peak …

Currently, the necessity of efficient and reliable power systems is also increasing because of
the strict requirements that standards and regulations impose, but still costs have to remain …

A method for in situ high-bandwidth junction temperature estimation of insulated-gate
bipolar transistors is introduced in this paper. The method is based on the acquisition of the …

This paper proposes a novel dc power electronic transformer (DCPET) topology for
locomotive, ac/dc hybrid grid, dc distribution grid, and other isolated medium-voltage and …