{"title":"Practical application-focused online V-I curve monitoring system for power semiconductor devices","authors":"Yandagkhuu Bayarsaikhan, Ichiro Omura","doi":"10.1016/j.pedc.2025.100111","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pedc.2025.100111","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As reliability is growing critical in power electronics systems, preventive maintenance for power semiconductor devices is crucial for extending system lifespan and improving robustness. However, conventional time-based maintenance often increases operational costs and unexpected downtime due to significant variation and uncertainty in the power semiconductor device's lifetime. In contrast, condition-based maintenance offers an optimized supervision scheme based on real-time health monitoring, reducing unnecessary costs and increasing overall system reliability.</div><div>This paper presents a practical, non-intrusive, online condition monitoring system for detecting degradations in power semiconductor devices. The developed V-I curve monitoring system accurately measures <em>V</em><sub>CE(SAT)</sub>-<em>I</em><sub>C</sub> curves for IGBT and <em>V</em><sub>F</sub>-<em>I</em><sub>F</sub> curves for power diode during the normal operation of a full-bridge inverter. A novel conduction current (<em>I</em><sub>C</sub>) sensing method based on a low-cost, tiny PCB sensor and a two-stage integrator was proposed. On-state voltage (<em>V</em><sub>ON</sub>) is measured by a diode-based circuit, and case temperature (<em>T</em><sub>C</sub>) is sensed by a thermocouple. Real-time <em>V</em><sub>ON</sub>-<em>I</em><sub>C</sub>-<em>T</em><sub>C</sub> samples are captured simultaneously with 16-bit ADCs of the microcontroller and stored in the SD card. Acquired V-I curve data is analyzed using two statistical approaches to detect bond wire and solder layer degradations. Both the residual-based fit model and the multivariate T<sup>2</sup> outlier methods successfully detected abnormal conditions, and comparisons are made for these two approaches.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74483,"journal":{"name":"Power electronic devices and components","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100111"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145018846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martin Hergt , Bernhard Hammer , Martin Sack , Lukas W. Mayer , Sebastian Nielebock , Marc Hiller
{"title":"Modelling of SiC and GaN transistors based on pulsed S-parameter measurements","authors":"Martin Hergt , Bernhard Hammer , Martin Sack , Lukas W. Mayer , Sebastian Nielebock , Marc Hiller","doi":"10.1016/j.pedc.2025.100108","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pedc.2025.100108","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>For the design of fast-switching inverters a precise model of power semiconductors is required. Based on pulsed S-parameter measurements in the frequency range of 2 MHz to 500 MHz a SiC MOSFET and a GaN HEMT have been characterized. As basis for precise modelling, measurements under varying load conditions have been taken for many operating points covering the pinch-off, ohmic, and active regions. The employed model to describe the transistor uses a circuit comprising 12 circuit elements. Thereby, the elements of the intrinsic transistor vary with the transistor’s operating point and parameters describing the influence of the package are considered to be constant. The model parameters have been adjusted iteratively. A comparison of the obtained model with the original S-parameter measurements exhibits an excellent match.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74483,"journal":{"name":"Power electronic devices and components","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100108"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144810418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of energy storage solutions for ship maneuvering in ports","authors":"Marcos Lafoz, Gustavo Navarro, Marcos Blanco, Jorge Nájera, Eduardo Rausell, Javier Munilla","doi":"10.1016/j.pedc.2025.100109","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pedc.2025.100109","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The recent regulation about pollution reduction in port areas promotes the development of electric ships, at least to operate with no fuel during approach and departure. The paper presents an analysis of different energy storage alternatives for the case of power supply of a ferry during docking and undocking manoeuvres. Considering that the use of batteries does not fully comply with the maritime conditions, short-term energy storage technologies are studied as an alternative, specifically flywheels and supercapacitors. After the analysis of these systems, based on models parametrized from prototypes tested in the lab, neither of them is suitable for the case study. However, the use of a battery/supercapacitor hybrid energy storage provides a techno-economic feasible solution, especially under the situation of dimensioning the complete system according to the consumption profile of the ferry.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74483,"journal":{"name":"Power electronic devices and components","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144829443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Current sensor-free transfer window alignment with combined energy harvesting and current measurement capabilities","authors":"Tim McRae","doi":"10.1016/j.pedc.2025.100107","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pedc.2025.100107","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>An energy harvesting circuit has been developed to power an IoT network which measures energy consumption at the outlet level. This work integrates the rectification and down-stream voltage regulation stages, allowing the capacitor voltage to be used to measure current. An experimental prototype is developed to demonstrate the proposed algorithm.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74483,"journal":{"name":"Power electronic devices and components","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100107"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144738460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Li Fang , Lucas Riondet , Fatimata-Fatim Diarrassouba , Maud Rio , Pierre Lefranc , Jean-Christophe Crébier
{"title":"Parametric Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of power modules","authors":"Li Fang , Lucas Riondet , Fatimata-Fatim Diarrassouba , Maud Rio , Pierre Lefranc , Jean-Christophe Crébier","doi":"10.1016/j.pedc.2025.100105","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pedc.2025.100105","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Power Electronics is a key factor in the electrification of our modern society. In the attempt of massive decarbonation, this fast-growing industry is going to put pressure on the environment. Life Cycle Assessment is used to identify the main impacts of products and services. The paper presents an open-source method to carry on a parametric LCA of power modules to help power electronics designers and engineers assess the environmental impacts of such devices when used in power converters. After recalling how is derived the open access LCI of a type of power modules, the method to implement Parametric LCA for this kind of device is introduced. It is then applied on a specific case study for automotive applications and main LCA results are provided to illustrate the method. The last section is dedicated to introduce several perspectives and applications of Parametric LCA to support ecodesign.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74483,"journal":{"name":"Power electronic devices and components","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100105"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144549451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multi-parameter detection of bond wire lift-off, current, and temperature in IGBT modules via gate voltage waveforms and CNNs with digital gate control","authors":"Thatree Mamee , Katsuhiro Hata , Makoto Takamiya , Takayasu Sakurai , Shin-ichi Nishizawa , Wataru Saito","doi":"10.1016/j.pedc.2025.100106","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pedc.2025.100106","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A new method for multi-parameter detection of bond wire lift-off, emitter current, and junction temperature using gate voltage waveforms and a convolutional neural network is proposed for the condition monitoring of power modules. This method was demonstrated to classify 80 levels for the full combination of various parameters. In addition, digital gate control (DGC) was utilized to improve not only the switching characteristics but also the detection accuracy. The experimental results show that the sensitivity of the gate voltage waveforms changed significantly due to the influence of the combined parameters. The detection accuracy depends on the control conditions of DGC, and optimized conditions achieved a high accuracy of over 96%, even for multi-parameter detection.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74483,"journal":{"name":"Power electronic devices and components","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144502014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ralf Siemieniec, Martin Wattenberg, Ertugrul Kocaaga, Sriram Jagannath, Elvir Kahrimanovic, Jyotshna Bhandari, Heejae Shim, Alberto Pignatelli
{"title":"400V SiC MOSFET empowering three-level topologies for highly efficient applications from motor-drives to AI","authors":"Ralf Siemieniec, Martin Wattenberg, Ertugrul Kocaaga, Sriram Jagannath, Elvir Kahrimanovic, Jyotshna Bhandari, Heejae Shim, Alberto Pignatelli","doi":"10.1016/j.pedc.2025.100104","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pedc.2025.100104","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The introduction of 400 V SiC MOSFET technology bridges the voltage range gap between 200 V medium-voltage MOSFETs and 600 V super-junction MOSFETs. This technology is characterized by low switching losses and low on-state resistance, making it suitable for 2-level topologies in 120 VAC or 300 VDC systems or 3-level topologies with typical input voltages ranging from 180 VAC to 350 VAC or 400 VDC to 600 VDC.</div><div>The technology concept is presented, and its efficiency and power density gains are demonstrated through measurements on test boards representing a 3-level ANPC general purpose inverter and a 3-level FC PFC for highly-efficient power supplies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74483,"journal":{"name":"Power electronic devices and components","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100104"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144470685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lukas Hein, Maximilian Goller, Gengqi Li, Marius Lößner, Josef Lutz, Thomas Basler
{"title":"Investigation on the high temperature behaviour of p-GaN HEMTs by different temperature sensitive electrical parameters","authors":"Lukas Hein, Maximilian Goller, Gengqi Li, Marius Lößner, Josef Lutz, Thomas Basler","doi":"10.1016/j.pedc.2025.100103","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pedc.2025.100103","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Due to recent improvements and technical advantages in applications with high switching frequencies, research is increasingly focusing on GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs). An accurate temperature determination is thereby of particular importance to give precise lifetime estimations and define safe operation areas. This work investigates on the temperature estimation by means of the temperature sensitive electrical parameters (TSEPs) <em>R</em><sub>DS,on</sub> (<em>T</em>) and <em>V</em><sub>GS</sub> (<em>T</em>) of GIT-type transistors, supported by an IR-camera. Several <em>Z</em><sub>th</sub> characteristics were measured, whereby the temperature estimation with <em>V</em><sub>GS</sub> (<em>T</em>) appears to be superior. Furthermore, the investigation includes static and dynamic characterization as well as power cycling tests (PCT) with switching losses at high temperature above the datasheet limit of 150°C. The device operates stable and reliable at a junction temperature of 175°C in the PCT.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74483,"journal":{"name":"Power electronic devices and components","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144632381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jonas Pfeiffer, Manfred Wohlstreicher, Philemon Wrensch, Michael Schmidhuber
{"title":"Volume reduction of magnetic components in DC/DC converters for fuel cell vehicles","authors":"Jonas Pfeiffer, Manfred Wohlstreicher, Philemon Wrensch, Michael Schmidhuber","doi":"10.1016/j.pedc.2025.100101","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pedc.2025.100101","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In power electronic converter systems, the magnetic components are often the bulkiest and heaviest components. This is particularly disadvantageous in automotive applications, where volume, weight and costs are particularly important. Customized core geometries are a promising option to significantly reduce the volume of magnetic components compared to the use of standard core geometries.</div><div>In this paper, customized magnetic components for an eightfold interleaved boost converter for fuel cell vehicles are presented. The customized core geometries are compared to an equivalent stacked standard core design in terms of enveloping volume and total losses.</div><div>In addition, further possibilities for improvement in the form of customized coupled inductors that replace the discrete components are shown and discussed.</div><div>The investigations show that the coupled design leads to a volume reduction of circa 68 % in combination with a reduction in total losses of circa 38 % compared to the stacked standard core design.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74483,"journal":{"name":"Power electronic devices and components","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100101"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144255168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Declaration/Conflict of Interest statement were not included in the published version of the following article, that appeared in issue Volume 5 2023 of Power Electronic Devices and Components","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pedc.2025.100094","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pedc.2025.100094","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74483,"journal":{"name":"Power electronic devices and components","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 100094"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144263679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}