Thermal Performance of an Integrated Heat Spreader for GaN HEMT devices

Faheem Ahmad; Thore Stig Aunsborg; Szymon Beczkowski; Stig Munk-Nielsen; Asger Bjørn Jørgensen

Thermal Performance of an Integrated Heat Spreader for GaN HEMT devices

Faheem Ahmad, Thore Stig Aunsborg, Szymon Beczkowski, Stig Munk-Nielsen, Asger Bjørn Jørgensen

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Abstract

Utilizing the fast switching speed of gallium nitride (GaN) devices requires compact and low inductive printed circuit board (PCB) layouts. A heatsink is mounted to operate the GaN devices at high power. However, auxiliary components such as DC-link capacitors or gate drivers must be moved out of proximity or to the other side of the PCB to fit the heatsink. This paper analyses an integrated heat spreader solution which provides flexibility in designing an optimized electrical layout as well as providing thermal performance that is comparable to conventional thermal-pad with a flat heatsink cooling method.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of CIPS 2022 - 12th International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems
Number of pages	6
Place of Publication	Berlin, Germany
Publisher	VDE Verlag GMBH
Publication date	19 Aug 2022
ISBN (Print)	978-3-8007-5757-2
Publication status	Published - 19 Aug 2022
Event	CIPS 2022 - 12th International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems - Berlin, Germany Duration: 15 Mar 2022 → 17 Mar 2022

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Conference	CIPS 2022 - 12th International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Berlin
Period	15/03/2022 → 17/03/2022

Keywords

GaN device
Digital Twin
Thermal Analysis
Packaging technology

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CoDE: Center of Digitalized Electronics (CoDE)
Munk-Nielsen, S., Jørgensen, A. B., Uhrenfeldt, C., Beczkowski, S. M., Ahmad, F., Meinert, J. D., Kubulus, P. P., Takahashi, M., Sun, Z., Wang, R., Gao, Y., Zäch, M. R., Meyer, S. & Steffensen, B.
Poul Due Jensen Foundation
01/01/2021 → 31/12/2025
Project: Research
Transistorization of Industrial Dielectric Heating Plants
Ahmad, F., Munk-Nielsen, S. & Jørgensen, A. B.
01/01/2021 → 31/12/2023
Project: PhD Project
RFheat: Radio Frequency Curing Technology
Munk-Nielsen, S., Uhrenfeldt, C., Jørgensen, A. B., Ahmad, F. & Steffensen, B.
Innovation Fund Denmark
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2021
Project: Research

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Transistorization of Industrial Dielectric Heating Plants
Ahmad, F., 2023, Aalborg Universitetsforlag. 179 p.
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Ahmad, F , Aunsborg, TS , Beczkowski, S , Munk-Nielsen, S & Jørgensen, AB 2022, Thermal Performance of an Integrated Heat Spreader for GaN HEMT devices. in Proceedings of CIPS 2022 - 12th International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems. VDE Verlag GMBH, Berlin, Germany, CIPS 2022 - 12th International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems, Berlin, Germany, 15/03/2022. <https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9862001>

Thermal Performance of an Integrated Heat Spreader for GaN HEMT devices. / Ahmad, Faheem ; Aunsborg, Thore Stig ; Beczkowski, Szymon et al.
Proceedings of CIPS 2022 - 12th International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems. Berlin, Germany: VDE Verlag GMBH, 2022.

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Thermal Performance of an Integrated Heat Spreader for GaN HEMT devices

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Transistorization of Industrial Dielectric Heating Plants

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Transistorization of Industrial Dielectric Heating Plants

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