{"title":"Investigation of short circuit in a IGBT power module with Three-Level neutral point clamped type 2 (NPC2, T-NPC, mixed voltage) topology","authors":"Kevin Lenz, Vladan Jerinic, Reiner Hinken","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2016.7467888","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"During standard robustness evaluations of a NPC type 2 IGBT power module a non-described effect in a Three Level NPC 2 topology was observed. A full description of that effect can help to protect IGBT power modules in this topology against blow ups and can help in a post mortem analysis to understand the reason for this. With a full understanding of that effect the lifetime of the inverter can be increased and the time and costs for qualification reduced.","PeriodicalId":143091,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2016 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2016.7467888","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
During standard robustness evaluations of a NPC type 2 IGBT power module a non-described effect in a Three Level NPC 2 topology was observed. A full description of that effect can help to protect IGBT power modules in this topology against blow ups and can help in a post mortem analysis to understand the reason for this. With a full understanding of that effect the lifetime of the inverter can be increased and the time and costs for qualification reduced.