Online Vce measurement method for wear-out monitoring of high power IGBT modules

Szymon Beczkowski; Pramod Ghimire; Angel Ruiz de Vega; Stig Munk-Nielsen; Bjørn Rannestad; Paul Thøgersen

doi:10.1109/EPE.2013.6634390

Online Vce measurement method for wear-out monitoring of high power IGBT modules

Szymon Beczkowski, Pramod Ghimire, Angel Ruiz de Vega, Stig Munk-Nielsen, Bjørn Rannestad, Paul Thøgersen

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Abstract

A simple Vce online monitoring circuit is presented in this paper. It allows an accurate wear out prediction of IGBT modules, in high-power applications, during normal converter operation. Bipolar measurement allows monitoring of both IGBT and antiparallel diode. The circuit uses two serial connected diodes to sense the Vce voltage with millivolt accuracy. One diode acts as a protection to block high DC voltage present on input terminals. When the device is conducting the voltage on the second diode is measured to compensate for the voltage drop on the protection diode thus eliminating voltage offset due to diodes' forward voltage temperature dependency. Using four diodes one can monitor voltages on all power devices in a converter leg.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2013
Number of pages	7
Publisher	IEEE Press
Publication date	2013
ISBN (Print)	9781479901159
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479901142, 978-147990116-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EPE.2013.6634390
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2013 - Lille, France Duration: 3 Sept 2013 → 5 Sept 2013 http://www.epe2013.com/

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Conference	European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2013
Country/Territory	France
City	Lille
Period	03/09/2013 → 05/09/2013
Internet address	http://www.epe2013.com/

Keywords

Measurement
Reliability
IGBT
Diode
Ageing

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Beczkowski, S, Ghimire, P, de Vega, AR, Munk-Nielsen, S, Rannestad, B & Thøgersen, P 2013, Online Vce measurement method for wear-out monitoring of high power IGBT modules. in Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2013. IEEE Press, European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2013, Lille, France, 03/09/2013. https://doi.org/10.1109/EPE.2013.6634390

Online Vce measurement method for wear-out monitoring of high power IGBT modules. / Beczkowski, Szymon; Ghimire, Pramod; de Vega, Angel Ruiz et al.
Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2013. IEEE Press, 2013.

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