CAD for hybrid power modules

Author

Schaeffer, Christian ; Marechal, Yves ; Clavel, Edith ; Farjah, Ebrahim

Author_Institution

ENSIEG/INPG, Saint Martin d´´Heres, France

fYear

1993

fDate

2-8 Oct 1993

Firstpage

1231

Abstract

An attempt is made to develop a methodology suitable for study and design of the power modules used in an electric-traction-oriented industrial project. The study is based on the various production possibilities from the converter operating conditions and the current/voltage ratings imposed by these conditions (900 A-1200 V). Electrical characterization work has been carried out on power chips to determine the various energies dissipated. A 3-D thermal simulation tool (FLUX 3-D) has been developed to model the thermal behavior of this module. Various installation topologies have been modeled to study the mutual effects of each of the power chips

Keywords

CAD; digital simulation; invertors; power engineering computing; power integrated circuits; pulse width modulation; thermal analysis; traction; 1200 V; 3-D thermal simulation tool; 900 A; CAD; FLUX 3-D; PWM inverter; electric-traction-oriented industrial project; energy dissipation; hybrid power modules; power chips; Diodes; Frequency; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; MOSFETs; Multichip modules; Production; Pulse width modulation; Pulse width modulation converters; Pulse width modulation inverters; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1993., Conference Record of the 1993 IEEE

Conference_Location

Toronto, Ont.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1462-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1993.299068

Filename

299068