• DocumentCode
    2342648
  • Title

    Further improvements in the reliability of IGBT modules

  • Author

    Schütze, Thomas ; Berg, Hermann ; Hierholzer, Martin

  • Author_Institution
    eupec GmbH & Co. KG, Warstein, Germany
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    12-15 Oct. 1998
  • Firstpage
    1022
  • Abstract
    This paper gives a survey of the measures and the resulting improvements of IGBT module reliability reached by eupec during the introduction of IGBT high power modules. The points of improvement are in the areas of: bonding; base plate; partial discharge; and chip characteristics.
  • Keywords
    insulated gate bipolar transistors; modules; partial discharges; power bipolar transistors; power field effect transistors; semiconductor device reliability; IGBT high power modules; IGBT module reliability; IGBT modules; base plate; bonding; chip characteristics; eupec; partial discharge; reliability improvement; Bonding; Corrosion; Failure analysis; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Multichip modules; Temperature; Testing; Thermal conductivity; Voltage; Wire;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Industry Applications Conference, 1998. Thirty-Third IAS Annual Meeting. The 1998 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    St. Louis, MO, USA
  • ISSN
    0197-2618
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4943-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IAS.1998.730271
  • Filename
    730271