TY - GEN
T1 - Distributed and coupled electrothermal model of power semiconductor devices
AU - Belkacem, G.
AU - Labrousse, D.
AU - Lefebvre, S.
AU - Joubert, P. Y.
AU - Kuhne, U.
AU - Fribourg, L.
AU - Soulat, R.
AU - Florentin, E.
AU - Rey, C.
PY - 2012/5/24
Y1 - 2012/5/24
N2 - Electro-thermal model of power semiconductor devices are of key importance in order to optimize their thermal design and increase their reliability. The development of such an electro-thermal model for power MOSFET transistors (COOLMOS™) based on the coupling between two computation softwares (Matlab and Cast3M) is described in the paper. The elaborated 2D electro-thermal model is able to predict i) the temperature distribution on chip surface well as in volume, ii) the effect of the temperature on the distribution of the current flowing within the die and iii) the effects of the ageing of the metallization layer on the current density and the temperature. In the paper, the used electrical and thermal models are described as well as the implemented coupling scheme.
AB - Electro-thermal model of power semiconductor devices are of key importance in order to optimize their thermal design and increase their reliability. The development of such an electro-thermal model for power MOSFET transistors (COOLMOS™) based on the coupling between two computation softwares (Matlab and Cast3M) is described in the paper. The elaborated 2D electro-thermal model is able to predict i) the temperature distribution on chip surface well as in volume, ii) the effect of the temperature on the distribution of the current flowing within the die and iii) the effects of the ageing of the metallization layer on the current density and the temperature. In the paper, the used electrical and thermal models are described as well as the implemented coupling scheme.
KW - Ageing of power semiconductor devices
KW - Degradation of the metallization layer
KW - Electro-thermal model
KW - Power semiconductor transistors
KW - Short circuit
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U2 - 10.1109/REVET.2012.6195253
DO - 10.1109/REVET.2012.6195253
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84862094270
SN - 9781467311687
T3 - 2012 1st International Conference on Renewable Energies and Vehicular Technology, REVET 2012
SP - 84
EP - 89
BT - 2012 1st International Conference on Renewable Energies and Vehicular Technology, REVET 2012
T2 - 2012 1st International Conference on Renewable Energies and Vehicular Technology, REVET 2012
Y2 - 26 March 2012 through 28 March 2012
ER -