Role of Simulation Technology for the Progress in Power Devices and Their Applications

Author

Ohashi, H. ; Omura, Ichiro

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol., Tsukuba, Japan

Volume

60

Issue

2

fYear

2013

fDate

Feb. 2013

Firstpage

528

Lastpage

534

Abstract

The modern power electronics era started with the commercialization of the silicon-controlled rectifier in 1957, since when power electronics systems have been installed in a wide range of applications from appliances to traction and utility systems as the technology has advanced. Meanwhile, simulation tools have played an important role in the research and development of power semiconductors and power electronics systems. As power devices and power electronics become increasingly important technologies in today´s electric society, it is worth examining the overall integration of power electronics design. This paper reviews the history of simulation technology with reference to power device modeling and discusses the future of power electronics system design.

Keywords

semiconductor device models; thyristors; appliances; history; power device modeling; power electronic system design; power semiconductors; silicon-controlled rectifier; simulation technology; traction; utility systems; Computational modeling; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Integrated circuit modeling; Mathematical model; Numerical models; Semiconductor device modeling; Cosmic ray; design platform; gate turnoff thyristor (GTO); insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT); light trigger thyristor (LTT); numerical simulation; power semiconductor; thyristor;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9383

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TED.2012.2228272

Filename

6410406