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Study of a Silicon Carbide MOSFET Power Module to Establish the Benefits of Adding Anti-parallel Schottky Diodes (2018)
Conference Proceeding

The majority of commercial Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFET based power modules available on the market today also include SiC Schottky diodes placed in anti-parallel with the MOSFETs. Using an accurate electrical and thermal simulation model this paper... Read More about Study of a Silicon Carbide MOSFET Power Module to Establish the Benefits of Adding Anti-parallel Schottky Diodes.

Multi-Frequency Averaging (MFA) Model of Electric-Hybrid Powertrain Suitable for Variable Frequency Operation Applied in Geographically-Distributed Power Hardware-in-the-Loop (GD-PHiL) Simulation (2018)
Conference Proceeding

© 2018 IEEE Project aims to develop capability for OEMs and suppliers to 'virtually-connect' multiple prototype powertrain components (engine, motor-drive etc.) and engage in real-time system simulation, thereby reducing cost by eliminating co-locati... Read More about Multi-Frequency Averaging (MFA) Model of Electric-Hybrid Powertrain Suitable for Variable Frequency Operation Applied in Geographically-Distributed Power Hardware-in-the-Loop (GD-PHiL) Simulation.

Packaging technology for a highly integrated 10kV SiC MOSFET module (2018)
Presentation / Conference

High-voltage SiC devices offer an attractive combination of fast switching and low losses, giving application users unprecedented levels of flexibility in choice of topology and control strategy for medium- and high-voltage power conversion. However,... Read More about Packaging technology for a highly integrated 10kV SiC MOSFET module.

Development of a highly integrated 10 kV SiC MOSFET power module with a direct jet impingement cooling system (2018)
Conference Proceeding

This paper presents a novel, highly integrated packaging design for Wolfspeed’s 10 kV SiC MOSFETs. These devices offer faster switching performance and lower losses than silicon devices. However, it has been shown that the package can have profound i... Read More about Development of a highly integrated 10 kV SiC MOSFET power module with a direct jet impingement cooling system.

IEEE ITRW working group position paper: packaging and integration: unlocking the full potential of wide-bandgap devices (2018)
Journal Article

The International Technology Roadmap for Wide-Bandgap Power Semiconductors (ITRW) has four distinct technical working groups, each providing its own perspective on the technology and industrial drivers for the adoption of wide-bandgap (WBG) power sem... Read More about IEEE ITRW working group position paper: packaging and integration: unlocking the full potential of wide-bandgap devices.

Cost effective direct-substrate jet impingement cooling concept for power application (2018)
Conference Proceeding

Direct substrate jet impingement cooling can eliminate the use of the baseplate and significantly reduce the weight and volume of conventional thermal management solutions. This work demonstrates a cost-effective manufacturing approach based on print... Read More about Cost effective direct-substrate jet impingement cooling concept for power application.

A wire-bond-less 10 KV SiC MOSFET power module with reduced common-mode noise and electric field (2018)
Conference Proceeding

While wide-bandgap devices offer many benefits, they also bring new challenges for designers. In particular, the new 10 kV silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs can switch higher voltages faster and with lower losses than silicon devices while also being sma... Read More about A wire-bond-less 10 KV SiC MOSFET power module with reduced common-mode noise and electric field.

Novel silicon carbide integrated power module for EV application (2018)
Conference Proceeding

The successful penetration of Electric Vehicles (EVs) into the global automotive markets requires the developments of cost effective, high performance and high integration power electronic systems. The present work is concerned with the structural in... Read More about Novel silicon carbide integrated power module for EV application.

Next generation integrated drive: a novel thermal and electrical integration technique for high power density converters used in automotive drive systems (2018)
Conference Proceeding

In this paper, an innovative method of electro-thermal integration of a drive system is presented. Important challenges of this integration consist of, firstly coupled thermal design of switching power modules and PM electric motor and secondly integ... Read More about Next generation integrated drive: a novel thermal and electrical integration technique for high power density converters used in automotive drive systems.

Comparative Thermal and Structural Characterization of Sintered Nano-Silver and High-Lead Solder Die Attachments During Power Cycling (2018)
Journal Article

13.5 mm × 13.5 mm sintered nano-silver attachments for power devices onto AlN substrates were prepared at 250 ºC and a pressure of 10MPa for 5 minutes and compared with Pb5Sn solder joint die attachments under constant current power cycling with an i... Read More about Comparative Thermal and Structural Characterization of Sintered Nano-Silver and High-Lead Solder Die Attachments During Power Cycling.

Comparison of thermal and reliability performance between a SiC MOSFET module with embedded decoupling capacitors and commercial Si IGBT power modules (2018)
Conference Proceeding

This paper characterizes thermal and reliability performance of a SiC MOSFET power module with embedded decoupling capacitors and without anti-parallel diodes. Active and passive temperature cycling, supported by transient thermal impedance character... Read More about Comparison of thermal and reliability performance between a SiC MOSFET module with embedded decoupling capacitors and commercial Si IGBT power modules.

Comparison of power cycling reliability of flexible PCB interconnect smaller/thinner and larger/thicker power devices with topside Sn-3.5Ag solder joints (2018)
Journal Article

The power cycling reliability of flexible printed circuit board (PCB) interconnect smaller/thinner (ST) 9.5 mm × 5.5 mm × 0.07 mm and larger/thicker (LT) 13.5 mm × 13.5 mm × 0.5 mm single Si diode samples have been studied. With the assumption of cre... Read More about Comparison of power cycling reliability of flexible PCB interconnect smaller/thinner and larger/thicker power devices with topside Sn-3.5Ag solder joints.

Electrical Performance and Reliability Characterization of a SiC MOSFET Power Module With Embedded Decoupling Capacitors (2018)
Journal Article

Integration of decoupling capacitors in SiC MOSFET modules is an advanced solution to mitigate the effect of parasitic inductance induced by module assembly interconnects. In this paper, the switching transient behavior is reported for a 1.2kV SiC MO... Read More about Electrical Performance and Reliability Characterization of a SiC MOSFET Power Module With Embedded Decoupling Capacitors.