Analysis of Electrical Aging Effects on AC High Frequency Motor Based on Exchange Market Algorithm Model Parameter Identification by Lara Bruno, Davide D'Amato, Riccardo Leuzzi, Vito G. Monopoli

“…The new wide-bandgap power semiconductor devices, such as gallium nitride and silicon carbide, have encouraged the development of power electronic converters with better efficiency, higher switching frequency, and smaller packages. …”
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Moving average filter for ripple current elmination by Siti Intansyafinaz, Abdul Kadir

“…The rapid switching of the power semiconductor devices will forms the ripples on the regulated current. …”
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High-Voltage Temperature Humidity Bias Test (HV-THB): Overview of Current Test Methodologies and Reliability Performances by Davide Cimmino, Sergio Ferrero

“…The high voltage temperature humidity bias test (HV-THB) has become increasingly popular for evaluating the performances of power semiconductor devices. Given the new challenges of the power semiconductor industry, several applications and devices need to be designed to withstand harsh environments during working operations, with a remarkable focus on high-humidity conditions. …”
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Fault Management Techniques to Enhance the Reliability of Power Electronic Converters: An Overview by Saeed Rahimpour, Oleksandr Husev, Dmitri Vinnikov, Naser Vosoughi Kurdkandi, Hadi Tarzamni

“…The reliability of power electronic converters is a major concern in industrial applications because of using prone-to-failure elements such as high-power semiconductor devices and electronic capacitors. Hence, designing fault-tolerant inverters has been of great interest among researchers in both academia and industry over the last decade. …”
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A Basic Design Tool for Grid-Connected AC–DC Converters Using Silcon Carbide MOSFETs by Myoungho Kim, Hyeok-Jin Yun

“…The tool calculates the input filter’s electrical parameters, the converter’s losses, the temperature rise of the power semiconductor devices, and the ripple current and voltage of the DC-link capacitor. …”
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A comprehensive survey on reduced switch count multilevel inverter topologies and modulation techniques by Vinay Kumar N. V., GowriManohar T

“…Most of the traditional topologies are still used in key applications, and there is an increased attentiveness to emerging multilevel topologies to minimize the number of gate drivers, power semiconductor devices, and/or isolated DC sources. Although MLIs have a promising future in industry-oriented applications, their commercial acceptance has been constrained by their size cost, excessive device count, and switch complexity. …”
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Graphene and 2D Hexagonal Boron Nitride Heterostructure for Thermal Management in Actively Tunable Manner by Huibin Sun, Yunlei Jiang, Renjie Hua, Runhua Huang, Lei Shi, Yuan Dong, Suxia Liang, Jing Ni, Chi Zhang, Ruoyu Dong, Yingru Song

“…Thermal management is a critical task for highly integrated or high-power semiconductor devices. Low dimensional materials including graphene and single-layer hexagonal boron nitride (BN) are attractive candidates for this task because of their high thermal conductivity, semi-conductivity and other excellent physical properties. …”
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A Review of Symmetry-Based Open-Circuit Fault Diagnostic Methods for Power Converters by Yang Zhou, Jin Zhao, Zhixi Wu

“…Power converters are composed of power semiconductor devices (such as IGBTs), which are prone to failure due to abnormal conditions and aging degradation, leading to power converter faults. …”
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Two Decades of Condition Monitoring Methods for Power Devices by Giovanni Susinni, Santi Agatino Rizzo, Francesco Iannuzzo

“…Condition monitoring (CM) of power semiconductor devices enhances converter reliability and customer service. …”
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Three-Phase Five-Level Cascade Quasi-Switched Boost Inverter by Van-Thuan Tran, Minh-Khai Nguyen, Cao-Cuong Ngo, Youn-Ok Choi

“…The voltage stress across power semiconductor devices and the capacitor are significantly lower using improved pulse-width modulation (PWM) control. …”
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Design and Implementation of Electronic Illumination Control System by M. A. Tawfik, A. M. Abd El–Maksood, F. A. S. Soliman, W. Abd El-Basit

“…This paper aims to design and implement a simple and low-cost illumination control system with high efficiency, based on some power semiconductor devices such as triode alternating current (TRIAC) and diode alternating current (DIAC). …”
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Moving mesh adaptation for Si and GaN-based power device simulation by Ismail, Fawad, Sarker, Palash, Mohamed, Mohamed, Kim, Kyekyoon, Ravaioli, Umberto

“…Abstract In this paper, we describe the development of moving mesh adaptation framework and its application to charge transport simulation of semiconductor devices, with emphasis on its relevance to power semiconductor devices. Mesh adaptivity in the context of semiconductor device simulation is an important problem and can help deal with the convergence and numerical stability issues, as well as automate the meshing process. …”
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Development of compact sensor system for gate driver and control of a three phase power module by Aung, Htu Co

“…The sensor system includes a current sensor, based on the principle of a Rogowski coil, and an op-amp integrator circuit, which will act as a low pass filter, so that the device current of the embedded power semiconductor devices can be measured. Since the switched-mode currents will be measured, the dynamics of this current sensor are of vital importance.…”
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Time-domain and Frequency-domain Analyses of PETT Oscillation in Press Pack IGBTs by Jiayu Fan, Xiang Cui, Xinling Tang, Cheng Peng, Zhibin Zhao, Xiangrui Meng, Zhong Chen

Reliability analysis and reliable operation of three-level ANPC inverter by Xiaolin Zheng, Xiaoxiao Huang, Peiyu Chen, Zhiqiang Chong, Zhongchen Yuan

“…This paper starts by analyzing the power loss and the reliability of power semiconductor devices. On this basis, a mathematical model is derived for online condition monitoring of semiconductor devices. …”
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Design Method of Vertical Lattice Loop Structure for Parasitic Inductance Reduction in a GaN HEMTs-Based Converter by Si-Seok Yang, Sung-Soo Min, Chan-Hyeok Eom, Rae-Young Kim, Gi-Young Lee

“…In contrast, the driving voltage and threshold voltage are relatively low compared to conventional power semiconductor devices, so a reliable circuit design is required. …”
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A fault‐diagnosis and tolerant control technique for five‐level cascaded H‐bridge inverters by Pavan Mehta, Subhanarayan Sahoo, Mayank Kumar

“…The consequences of faults increase as the number of power semiconductor devices increases and may lead to serious damage to the overall system. …”
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A Cost-Effective DC Circuit Breaker With Series-Connected Power Devices Using a Single Gate Driver by Rui Xie, Bin Lin, Ouyang Xu, Xiaohe Wang, Guohua Ren, Jianliang Chen, Zhen Xin

“…A single gate driver is used to drive multiple series-connected power semiconductor devices, leading to a compact, reliable, and cost-effective design. …”
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Analysis and Operation of a High DC-AC Gain 3-<i>ϕ</i> Capacitor Clamped Boost Inverter by Dogga Raveendhra, Poojitha Rajana, Beeramangalla Lakshminarasaiah Narasimharaju, Yaramasu Suri Babu, Eugen Rusu, Hady Habib Fayek

“…This topology has several distinguishing characteristics, including: (a) low component count; (b) high DC-AC gain; (c) decreased capacitor voltage stresses; (d) improved power quality (extremely low voltage and current THDs) without the use of an AC-side filter; and (e) decreased voltage stresses on power semiconductor devices. Simulations were carried out on the MATLAB Simulink platform, and results under steady-state conditions, load and reference change conditions, and phase sequence change conditions, along with THD profiles, are presented. …”
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A Bidirectional Double Uneven Power Converter Based DC–DC Converter for Solid-State Transformers by Kiwoo Park, Kyo-Beum Lee

“…The main features of the proposed converter are to reduce both the switching losses in power semiconductor devices and the filter inductance requirement simultaneously. …”
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