Insulated gate bipolar transistor(IGBT)modules are widely employed in high-power conversion systems.Their junction temperature ranks as one of the most important factors in the reliability of power semiconductor devic...Insulated gate bipolar transistor(IGBT)modules are widely employed in high-power conversion systems.Their junction temperature ranks as one of the most important factors in the reliability of power semiconductor devices.Thermo-sensitive electrical parameter(TSEP)is regarded as the promising solution to extract the junction temperature due to its non-invasion measurement,fast response and high accuracy.However,accurate collector current measurement is required if only the individual TSEP is adopted,which increases the complexity and cost.In this paper,the combined TSEP method is proposed to eliminate the influence of collector current(/c),where the turn-off delay time(tdoff)and maximum decrease rate of/c(max d/c/dt)are adopted and combined.The two TSEPs both have linear relationships withjunction temperature and/c.When they are combined mathematically,the influence of/c is eliminated.Experiments have been implemented to validate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.The comparison between combined TSEP and two individual TSEP methods are illustrated and analyzed.展开更多
基金the National Nature Science Foundations of China(51490682,51677166).
文摘Insulated gate bipolar transistor(IGBT)modules are widely employed in high-power conversion systems.Their junction temperature ranks as one of the most important factors in the reliability of power semiconductor devices.Thermo-sensitive electrical parameter(TSEP)is regarded as the promising solution to extract the junction temperature due to its non-invasion measurement,fast response and high accuracy.However,accurate collector current measurement is required if only the individual TSEP is adopted,which increases the complexity and cost.In this paper,the combined TSEP method is proposed to eliminate the influence of collector current(/c),where the turn-off delay time(tdoff)and maximum decrease rate of/c(max d/c/dt)are adopted and combined.The two TSEPs both have linear relationships withjunction temperature and/c.When they are combined mathematically,the influence of/c is eliminated.Experiments have been implemented to validate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.The comparison between combined TSEP and two individual TSEP methods are illustrated and analyzed.
