Over-current turn-off failure in high voltage IGBT modules under clamped inductive load

2009 13th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE '09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Perpina X ^a   Serviere, J F ^b   Jorda X ^a   Hidalgo, S ^a   Urresti Ibanez J ^a   Rebollo, J ^a   Mermet Guyennet, M ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b ALSTOM   (France)

^c Power Electronics Associated Research Laboratory (PEARL)   (France)

Author keywords

Electrothermal modelling; Failure; IGBT turn off; Power semiconductor devices; Railway applications

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO-THERMAL SIMULATION; ELECTROTHERMAL MODELLING; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; HIGH-VOLTAGE IGBT; IGBT DEVICES; INDUCTIVE LOADS; OVER CURRENT; POWER DISSIPATION; POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; RAILWAY APPLICATIONS; RAILWAY TRACTION; RISK OF FAILURE; THERMAL PROPERTIES; TRANSIENT OPERATION;

ACTIVE FILTERS; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); MULTICHIP MODULES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POWER ELECTRONICS; RAILROADS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 72949092715     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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