Thermal Feedback Blocks are a viable approach to perform thermal and electrothermal simulations of electronics systems with very fast-switching inputs, for which the coupling of a finite-element method thermal solver with a physics-based or a circuit simulator cannot be used. In this work, we describe a RC-based thermal network improving the conventional Foster and Cauer solutions, which is used to perform (i) an accurate and effective dynamic thermal analysis of an IGBT power module, and (ii) a fast electrothermal analysis of the aforementioned module used as a half-bridge DC-AC power converter in both normal operating mode and during a load short-circuit event. © 2016 IEEE.
Thermal feedback blocks for fast and reliable electrothermal circuit simulation of power circuits at module level / Magnani, Alessandro; DI NAPOLI, Fabio; Riccio, Michele; Guerriero, Pierluigi; D'Alessandro, Vincenzo; Breglio, Giovanni; Daliento, Santolo; Irace, Andrea; Rinaldi, Niccolo'; Lorenzo, Codecasa. - (2016), pp. 187-190. (Intervento presentato al convegno IEEE 28th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs (ISPSD) tenutosi a Prague, Czech Republic nel June 12-16, 2016) [10.1109/ISPSD.2016.7520809].
Thermal feedback blocks for fast and reliable electrothermal circuit simulation of power circuits at module level
MAGNANI, ALESSANDRO;DI NAPOLI, FABIO;RICCIO, MICHELE;GUERRIERO, PIERLUIGI;d'ALESSANDRO, VINCENZO;BREGLIO, GIOVANNI;DALIENTO, SANTOLO;IRACE, ANDREA;RINALDI, NICCOLO';
2016
Abstract
Thermal Feedback Blocks are a viable approach to perform thermal and electrothermal simulations of electronics systems with very fast-switching inputs, for which the coupling of a finite-element method thermal solver with a physics-based or a circuit simulator cannot be used. In this work, we describe a RC-based thermal network improving the conventional Foster and Cauer solutions, which is used to perform (i) an accurate and effective dynamic thermal analysis of an IGBT power module, and (ii) a fast electrothermal analysis of the aforementioned module used as a half-bridge DC-AC power converter in both normal operating mode and during a load short-circuit event. © 2016 IEEE.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
