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Power flow control for power and voltage management in future smart energy communities (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Fazeli, A., Sumner, M., Christopher, E., & Johnson, C. M. (2014). Power flow control for power and voltage management in future smart energy communities.

The Community Power Flow Control (CPFC) Algorithm has been proposed as a technique for managing electrical power and energy within small communities. The CPFC manages the resources in the community (DSM, energy storage, RES) in order to control the c... Read More about Power flow control for power and voltage management in future smart energy communities.

Mission Profile-Based Reliability Design and Real-Time Life Consumption Estimation in Power Electronics (2014)
Journal Article
Mussallam, M., Yin, C., Bailey, C., & Johnson, C. M. (2015). Mission Profile-Based Reliability Design and Real-Time Life Consumption Estimation in Power Electronics. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 30(5), 2601-2613. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2014.2358555

Power electronics are efficient for conversion and conditioning of the electrical energy through a wide range of applications. Proper life consumption estimation methods applied for power electronics that can operate in real time under in-service mis... Read More about Mission Profile-Based Reliability Design and Real-Time Life Consumption Estimation in Power Electronics.

Built-in reliability design of highly integrated solid-state power switches with metal bump interconnects (2014)
Journal Article
Li, J., Castellazzi, A., Dai, T., Corfield, M., Solomon, A. K., & Johnson, C. M. (2015). Built-in reliability design of highly integrated solid-state power switches with metal bump interconnects. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 30(5), https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2014.2357334

A stacked substrate–chip–bump–chip–substrate assembly has been demonstrated in the construction of power switch modules with high power density and good electrical performance. In this paper, special effort has been devoted to material selection and... Read More about Built-in reliability design of highly integrated solid-state power switches with metal bump interconnects.

Reliability of thick Al wire: a study of the effects of wire bonding parameters on thermal cycling degradation rate using non-destructive methods (2014)
Journal Article
Arjmand, E., Agyakwa, P. A., & Johnson, C. M. (2014). Reliability of thick Al wire: a study of the effects of wire bonding parameters on thermal cycling degradation rate using non-destructive methods. Microelectronics Reliability, 54(9-10), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microrel.2014.07.119

The effect of bonding parameters on the reliability of thick Al wire bond is investigated. Samples were prepared with 25 different designs with 5 different bonding parameters such as time, ultrasonic power, begin- force, end-force and touch-down step... Read More about Reliability of thick Al wire: a study of the effects of wire bonding parameters on thermal cycling degradation rate using non-destructive methods.

Bonding strength of multiple SiC die attachment prepared by sintering of Ag nanoparticles (2014)
Journal Article
Li, J., Johnson, C. M., Buttay, C., Sabbah, W., & Azzopardi, S. (2015). Bonding strength of multiple SiC die attachment prepared by sintering of Ag nanoparticles. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 215, 299-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2014.08.002

3 mm × 3 mm dummy SiC dies with 100\200\200 nm thick Ti\W\Au metallization have simultaneously been attached using sintering of Ag nanoparticle paste on AlN-based direct bonded copper substrates with 5\0.1 μm thick NiP\Au finish. The effect of prepar... Read More about Bonding strength of multiple SiC die attachment prepared by sintering of Ag nanoparticles.

Integrated Half-Bridge Switch Using 70- ?m-Thin Devices and Hollow Interconnects (2014)
Journal Article
Solomon, A. K., Li, J., Castellazzi, A., & Johnson, C. M. (2015). Integrated Half-Bridge Switch Using 70- ?m-Thin Devices and Hollow Interconnects. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 51(1), 556-566. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2014.2334734

An application-oriented integration concept for a half-bridge switch assembly has been developed based on the latest generation 70- ?m-thin insulated gate bipolar transistors and diodes, which are rated at 600 V/200 A. This paper addresses the design... Read More about Integrated Half-Bridge Switch Using 70- ?m-Thin Devices and Hollow Interconnects.

Interdiffusion coefficients of binary multiphase systems with consideration of variation in Molar volumes (2014)
Journal Article
Li, J., Agyakwa, P., & Johnson, C. M. (2014). Interdiffusion coefficients of binary multiphase systems with consideration of variation in Molar volumes

This communication introduces a modification to the Wagner method to reveal and correct considerable systematic errors existing in the previously established analytical methods used to calculate the interdiffusion coefficients of binary multiphase sy... Read More about Interdiffusion coefficients of binary multiphase systems with consideration of variation in Molar volumes.

A non-destructive study of crack development during thermal cycling of Al wire bonds using x-ray computed tomography (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Agyakwa, P., Yang, L., Corfield, M., & Johnson, C. M. (2014). A non-destructive study of crack development during thermal cycling of Al wire bonds using x-ray computed tomography.

This paper concerns the non-destructive visualisation of the evolution of damage within ultrasonically bonded alumini-um wires using three dimensional x-ray computed tomography. We demonstrate the potential to observe the progressive accumulation of... Read More about A non-destructive study of crack development during thermal cycling of Al wire bonds using x-ray computed tomography.

Suitable Thicknesses of Base Metal and Interlayer, and Evolution of Phases for Ag/Sn/Ag Transient liquid-phase Joints Used for Power Die Attachment (2014)
Journal Article
Li, J., Agyakwa, P., & Johnson, C. (2014). Suitable Thicknesses of Base Metal and Interlayer, and Evolution of Phases for Ag/Sn/Ag Transient liquid-phase Joints Used for Power Die Attachment. Journal of Electronic Materials, 43(4), 983-995. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-013-2971-7

Real Si insulated gate bipolar transistors with conventional Ni/Ag metallization and dummy Si chips with thickened Ni/Ag metallization have both been bonded, at 250°C for 0 min, 40 min, and 640 min, to Ag foil electroplated with 2.7 μm and 6.8 μm thi... Read More about Suitable Thicknesses of Base Metal and Interlayer, and Evolution of Phases for Ag/Sn/Ag Transient liquid-phase Joints Used for Power Die Attachment.