Ensuring a reliable operation of two-level IGBT-based power converters: A review of monitoring and fault-tolerant approaches

K Hu, Z Liu, Y Yang, F Iannuzzo, F Blaabjerg - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Despite the emerging multi-phase and multi-level converters, two-level insulated gate
bipolar transistor-based power converters are still widely used in industrial applications in …

A composite failure precursor for condition monitoring and remaining useful life prediction of discrete power devices

S Zhao, S Chen, F Yang, E Ugur… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to prevent catastrophic failures in power electronic systems, multiple failure
precursors have been identified to characterize the degradation of power devices. However …

A novel bond wire fault detection method for IGBT modules based on turn-on gate voltage overshoot

Y Yang, P Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Bond wire degradation is one of the most common failure modes for wire-welded packaging
insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) modules. This article proposes a novel bond wire …

Gate–emitter pre-threshold voltage as a health-sensitive parameter for IGBT chip failure monitoring in high-voltage multichip IGBT power modules

R Mandeya, C Chen, V Pickert… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a novel health-sensitive parameter, called the gate-emitter pre-
threshold voltage VGE (pre-th), for detecting IGBT chip failures in multichip IGBT power …