• DocumentCode
    2950791
  • Title

    New power MOSFET selection method to avoid failures

  • Author

    Jordán, J. ; Esteve, V. ; García-Gil, R. ; Sanchis, E. ; Maset, E. ; Dede, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. d´´Enginyeria Electron., Valencia Univ., Spain
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    2004
  • Firstpage
    1257
  • Abstract
    Power MOSFET are the primary cause of failure at high power inverters. The turning on of the parasitic bipolar transistor during hard turn off of the intrinsic body diode causes the failures. We propose to test MOSFET from different manufacturers under controlled laboratory conditions. The worst switching condition and the most robust MOSFET was then identified.
  • Keywords
    bipolar transistors; capacitor switching; diodes; failure analysis; invertors; power MOSFET; semiconductor device manufacture; semiconductor device testing; bipolar transistor; high power inverter failure; intrinsic body diode; power MOSFET selection method; Bipolar transistors; Diodes; Inverters; Laboratories; MOSFET circuits; Manufacturing; Power MOSFET; Robustness; Testing; Turning;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2004. APEC '04. Nineteenth Annual IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8269-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APEC.2004.1295984
  • Filename
    1295984