Title :
Power electronics building block and system integration
Author :
Lee, Fred C. ; Peng, Dengming
Author_Institution :
Bradley Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA
Abstract :
The power electronics building block (PEBB) concept is an integrated systems approach to standardize power electronics components and packaging techniques in the form of interchangeable subassemblies and modules. This paper presents the overview of this concept and some of the issues such as the soft-switching techniques for the PEBBs, the packaging approaches, the communication among the PEBBs, and the system-level compatibility. One of the research prototype systems is also demonstrated in this paper
Keywords :
packaging; power convertors; power electronics; semiconductor device packaging; standardisation; switching circuits; distributed control architecture; integrated systems approach; interchangeable modules; interchangeable subassemblies; power converters; power electronics building block; power electronics components standardisation; power electronics packaging techniques standardisation; soft-switching techniques; system integration; system-level compatibility; Circuits; Computer aided manufacturing; Costs; Electronic equipment manufacture; Electronics packaging; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing processes; Marketing and sales; Power electronics; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference, 2000. Proceedings. IPEMC 2000. The Third International
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
7-80003-464-X
DOI :
10.1109/IPEMC.2000.885325
