• DocumentCode
    255723
  • Title

    Thermal management details and their influence on the aging of power semiconductors

  • Author

    Schulz, Markus

  • Author_Institution
    Infineon Technol., Warstein, Germany
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    26-28 Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    The major factor defining the wear and tear in power electronic components is temperature swing. The paper presents an insight to failure mechanisms and the benefits that can be gained if a holistic approach considering devices, adequate design-in and advanced thermal management is considered.
  • Keywords
    ageing; power semiconductor devices; semiconductor device packaging; semiconductor device reliability; thermal management (packaging); wear; aging; power electronic components; power semiconductors; temperature swing; thermal management; Copper; Heat sinks; Materials; Multichip modules; Soldering; Stress; Wires; Power Semiconductor Device; Reliability; Robustness; Thermal Design;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'14-ECCE Europe), 2014 16th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Lappeenranta
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EPE.2014.6910898
  • Filename
    6910898