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Thermal Analysis of Power Semiconductor Device in Steady-State Conditions

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  • Adrian Plesca

    (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Blvd. Dimitrie Mangeron, 21–23, 700050 Iasi, Romania)

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Electronic devices can be damaged in an undesirable manner if the junction temperature achieves high values in order to cause thermal runaway and melting. This paper describes the mathematical model to calculate the power losses in power semiconductor devices used in bidirectional rectifier which supplies a resistive-inductive load. The obtained thermal model can be used to analyse the thermal behaviour of power semiconductors in steady-state conditions, at different values of the firing angle, direct current, air speed in the case of forced cooling, and different types of load. Also, the junction and case temperature of a power thyristor have been computed. In order to validate the proposed mathematical model, some experimental tests have been performed. The theoretical values are in good concordance with the experimental data and simulated results.

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  • Adrian Plesca, 2019. "Thermal Analysis of Power Semiconductor Device in Steady-State Conditions," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-18, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2019:i:1:p:103-:d:301589
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    1. Fabio Di Napoli & Alessandro Magnani & Marino Coppola & Pierluigi Guerriero & Vincenzo D’Alessandro & Lorenzo Codecasa & Pietro Tricoli & Santolo Daliento, 2017. "On-Line Junction Temperature Monitoring of Switching Devices with Dynamic Compact Thermal Models Extracted with Model Order Reduction," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(2), pages 1-14, February.
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