Temperature measurement of power electronics devices based on SAW sensors

Author

Blaszczyk, Pawel ; Wojcik, Mariusz ; Baszynski, Michal

Author_Institution

ABB Corp. Res., Krakow, Poland

fYear

2014

fDate

16-19 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Wireless sensors are becoming very popular in industrial applications. As battery solutions are not acceptable in places where maintenance is limited, self-powering approaches are still being developed and tested by many manufacturers. Passive sensors, such as Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) sensors are an example of a wireless sensor technology which does not require any external power source. SAW sensors are based on the interaction between environmental parameters and acoustic waves which are passing through a piezoelectric material. The paper presents SAW temperature measurement approach and example of the power electronics system where SAW technology has been used.

Keywords

piezoelectric semiconductors; power semiconductor devices; surface acoustic wave sensors; temperature measurement; SAW sensor technology; SAW temperature measurement; battery solution; environmental parameter; passive sensor; piezoelectric material; power electronic device temperature measurement; self-powering approach; semiconductor temperature measurement; surface acoustic wave sensor technology; wireless sensor technology; Semiconductor device measurement; Surface acoustic waves; Switching frequency; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Transistors; Passive Sensors; Power losses; SAW; Semiconductor Temperature Measurement; Wireless;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Technology and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ETFA.2014.7005085

Filename

7005085