Title : 
Development of a predictive observer thermal model for power semiconductor devices for overload monitoring in high power high frequency converters
         
        
            Author : 
Dutta, Sumit ; Parkhideh, Babak ; Bhattacharya, Dr Subhashish ; Moghaddam, Giti Karimi ; Gould, Dr Richard
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
FREEDM Syst. Center, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper a predictive observer model for power semiconductor devices is developed and integrated in the digital controller. The Model is simulated in Mat lab Simulink and tested with a power converter in hardware for the accuracy of modeling.
         
        
            Keywords : 
digital control; observers; power convertors; power semiconductor devices; predictive control; Matlab Simulink; digital controller; high power high frequency converters; overload monitoring; power semiconductor devices; predictive observer thermal model; Atmospheric modeling; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Junctions; Load modeling; Mathematical model; Solid modeling; Thermal resistance;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2012 Twenty-Seventh Annual IEEE
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Orlando, FL
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4577-1215-9
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4577-1214-2
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/APEC.2012.6166144