Title :
Toward Reliable Power Electronics: Challenges, Design Tools, and Opportunities
Author :
Huai Wang ; Liserre, Marco ; Blaabjerg, Frede
Author_Institution :
Energy Technol., Aalborg Univ., Aalborg, Denmark
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;
Journal_Title :
Industrial Electronics Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIE.2013.2252958