Reliability of power electronic systems

Conclusions 1. Two handbooks on Robustness Validation are available, one for components and the second on electrical/ electronic modules 2. The handbooks provide just guidelines. A lot of work is needed to: • Translate the mission profile of the vehicle to the stresses applied to modules and components • Build-up the knowledge matrix for dominant failure mechanisms, physical failure models, experimental parameters, etc. to carry out lifetime predictions • Design intelligent end-of life tests to find out which part of the system fails first 3. A strong concerted action of all partners in the supply chain is needed to make robustness validation applicable