Test bench for thermal cycling of 10 kV silicon carbide power modules

Simon Dyhr Sønderskov; Asger Bjørn Jørgensen; Anders Eggert  Maarbjerg; Kristian Linding Frederiksen; Stig Munk-Nielsen; Szymon Beczkowski; Christian Uhrenfeldt

doi:10.1109/EPE.2016.7695328

Test bench for thermal cycling of 10 kV silicon carbide power modules

Simon Dyhr Sønderskov, Asger Bjørn Jørgensen, Anders Eggert Maarbjerg, Kristian Linding Frederiksen, Stig Munk-Nielsen, Szymon Beczkowski, Christian Uhrenfeldt

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Abstract

This paper presents a test bench for lifetime investigation of 10 kV silicon carbide power modules. The test bench subjects high voltage switching operation to the modules while power cycling. Thus both a thermal and electrical operating point is emulated. The power cycling setup features offline measurement of on-state voltages and direct real-time measurement of die surface temperatures, enabled by fiber optical sensors, which are built into the power modules. A thermal model of the module prototypes, based on the temperature measurements, is established. Independent verification steps have been made to validate the performance of the on-state voltage measurement and the thermal model. Issues are revealed in the form of common mode currents in gate drive supply, which should be remedied. Finally a new operating point for power cycling is suggested to better stress the power modules.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2016 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'16 ECCE Europe)
Number of pages	8
Place of Publication	Karlsruhe, Germany
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	Sept 2016
ISBN (Electronic)	978-9-0758-1524-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EPE.2016.7695328
Publication status	Published - Sept 2016
Event	EPE'16 - ECCE: 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications - Karlsruhe Town Hall (Stadthalle), Karlsruhe, Germany Duration: 5 Sept 2016 → 9 Sept 2016 Conference number: 18 http://www.epe2016.com/

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Conference	EPE'16 - ECCE: 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications
Number	18
Location	Karlsruhe Town Hall (Stadthalle)
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Karlsruhe
Period	05/09/2016 → 09/09/2016
Internet address	http://www.epe2016.com/

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Reliability
Silicon Carbide (SiC)
Power cycling

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Sønderskov, SD, Jørgensen, AB, Maarbjerg, AE, Frederiksen, KL, Munk-Nielsen, S , Beczkowski, S & Uhrenfeldt, C 2016, Test bench for thermal cycling of 10 kV silicon carbide power modules. in Proceedings of 2016 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'16 ECCE Europe). IEEE, Karlsruhe, Germany, EPE'16 - ECCE: 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, Karlsruhe, Germany, 05/09/2016. https://doi.org/10.1109/EPE.2016.7695328

Test bench for thermal cycling of 10 kV silicon carbide power modules. / Sønderskov, Simon Dyhr; Jørgensen, Asger Bjørn; Maarbjerg, Anders Eggert et al.
Proceedings of 2016 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'16 ECCE Europe). Karlsruhe, Germany: IEEE, 2016.

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