Analysis of PWM frequency control to improve the lifetime of PWM inverter

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 922-929

  Wei, Lixiang ^a   McGuire, Jeffrey ^a   Lukaszewski, Richard A ^a  

^a Allen Bradley Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Tjcontrol; Adjustable speed drive (ASD); mean time to failure (MTTF); power cycling capability

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTABLE SPEED DRIVES; ADJUSTABLE-SPEED DRIVE (ASD); BOND WIRE; FREQUENCY CONTROL; FREQUENCY REDUCTION; INVERTER IGBT; JUNCTION TEMPERATURES; MEAN TIME TO FAILURE; MODULATION FREQUENCIES; POWER CYCLING; POWER CYCLING CAPABILITY; PULSEWIDTHS; PWM INVERTER;

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; COUNTING CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); SWITCHING FREQUENCY; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES;

ACTIVE FILTERS;

EID: 79952953230     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2010.2103391     Document Type: Article

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