Toward Reliable Power Electronics: Challenges, Design Tools, and Opportunities

Author

Huai Wang ; Liserre, Marco ; Blaabjerg, Frede

Author_Institution

Energy Technol., Aalborg Univ., Aalborg, Denmark

Volume

7

Issue

2

fYear

2013

fDate

Jun-13

Firstpage

17

Lastpage

26

Abstract

A new era of power electronics was created with the invention of the thyristor in 1957. Since then, the evolution of modern power electronics has witnessed its full potential and is quickly expanding in the applications of generation, transmission, distribution, and end-user consumption of electrical power. The performance of power electronic systems, especially in terms of efficiency and power density, has been continuously improved by the intensive research and advancements in circuit topologies, control schemes, semiconductors, passive components, digital signal processors, and system integration technologies.

Keywords

power electronics; reliability; circuit topologies; control schemes; design tools; digital signal processors; electrical power; end-user consumption; passive components; power density; power electronic systems; reliable power electronics; semiconductors; system integration technologies; Capacitors; Integrated circuit reliability; Inverters; Passive filters; Power electronics; Reliability engineering; Thyristors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Electronics Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1932-4529

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MIE.2013.2252958

Filename

6532474