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Thermal Design of Power Electronic Circuits [PDF]
The heart of every switched mode converter consists of several switching semiconductor elements. Due to their non-ideal behaviour there are ON state and switching losses heating up the silicon chip.
Künzi, R.
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High-power active devices [PDF]
Very high-power (HP) electronics represents a small part of the electronics market. In semiconductor terms, HP represents a world device market of 600 million euros out of a total 200 billion euros for all semiconductors—a mere 0.3 per cent. At the multi-
Carroll, E
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Utility applications of power electronics in Japan [PDF]
Since the late 1950s, power electronics has been developing by leaps and bounds without saturation into the key technology essential to modern society and human life, as well as to electrical engineering.
Akagi, Hirofumi
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Research on Long-term Reliability of Silver Sintered Press-Pack IGBT Modules
Owing to the advantages of short-circuit failure mode, double-sided heat dissipation, and low thermal resistance, press-pack insulated gate bipolar transistors (PP-IGBTs) are widely used in high-power-density applications, such as high-voltage direct ...
Renkuan Liu +8 more
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Electro-thermo-mechanical modelling and analysis of the Press Pack Diode in Power Electronics [PDF]
This paper details a finite element modelling approach of the press pack assembly process for a diode in a power electronic module. Molybdenum and aluminum graphite have been investigated as suitable materials for the contact pad.
Alatise, O. +4 more
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Enabling high reliability power modules : a multidisciplinary task [PDF]
Reliability of power electronic systems is a major concern for application engineers in the automotive and power system sectors. Power electronic modules are one of the main sources of failure in wind energy conversion systems.
Alatise, Olayiwola M. +10 more
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Press-pack IGBTs for HVDC and FACTs
The popularity of insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) for use in high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission and flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS) is increasing. Unfortunately, for these applications wire-bond IGBT technology has a number of shortcomings, such as insufficient current ratings for the most powerful schemes, and ...
Robin Simpson +5 more
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Deformation Analysis of Press-Pack IGBT Using Thermal Mechanical Coupling Method [PDF]
Press-pack Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (PP IGBT) are becoming increasingly used in HVDC and FACT applications. Due to its unique packaging, its reliability issues have also attracted increasing attention in the engineering field. More comprehensive investigation into the thermal, electrical and mechanical factors should be conducted to reveal ...
Gu, Bowen +5 more
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The state-of-the-art of power electronics in Japan [PDF]
Since the late 1950s, power electronics has been developing by leaps and bounds without saturation to become the key technology essential to modern society and human life as well as to electrical engineering. This paper mainly focuses on the state-of-the-
Akagi, Hirofumi
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Power Electronics – The Key Technology for Renewable Energy System Integration [PDF]
The energy paradigms in many countries (e.g. Germany and Denmark) have experienced a significant change from fossil-based resources to clean renewables (e.g. wind turbines and photovoltaics) in the past few decades.
Blaabjerg, Frede +3 more
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