Mechanical analysis of press-pack IGBTs

Microelectronics Reliability

Volumn 52, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 2397-2402

  Poller, T ^a   Basler, T ^a   Hernes, M ^b   D'Arco, S ^c   Lutz, J ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SINTEF ENERGY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; BONDING WIRES; FAILURE MECHANISM; FEM SIMULATIONS; IGBT DEVICES; LIFETIME ESTIMATION; LIMITED DATA; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; POWER CYCLING; POWER MODULE; POWER RANGE; PRESS PACK; SOLDER LAYERS; THERMO-MECHANICAL; VARIABLE OPERATING CONDITION;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS);

EID: 84866737115     PISSN: 00262714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microrel.2012.06.079     Document Type: Article

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