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Dielectrics For Power Electronics Applications: Paul Paret National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dielectrics For Power Electronics Applications: Paul Paret National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Applications
Paul Paret
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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NREL APEEM Group Research Focus Areas
Device
Encapsulant
Interconnect
Die Attach
Substrate
Attach Metalized Substrate
Base Plate
Photo credits : Gilbert Moreno
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Part 1 - Dielectric Film
Project in collaboration with DuPont
Substrate Comparison
350
ODBC - 11 x 11
300 ODBC - 15 x 15
Junction Temperature (°C)
ODBC - 25 x 25
250
Si3N4 - 11 x 11
200
150
100
50
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
Insulating Layer Thickness (mm) NREL | 8
Thermal Modeling
140 Si3N4
Junction Temperature (°C)
Al2O3
130 ODBC_0.025
120 ODBC_0.025 Top Cu metallization : 0.8 mm
Bottom Cu metallization : 0.3 mm
110
100
90
80
70
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55
Package Dimensions (mm)
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ODBC Package Designs
Terminal
Enclosure Terminal
Enclosure
Device
Encapsulant Interconnect Device
Interconnect
Encapsulant
Die Attach
Die Attach
Polyimide Substrate
Substrate
Attach Metalized Substrate Substrate
Attach
Terminal
Enclosure
Interconnect Device
Encapsulant
Die Attach
Polyimide Substrate
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Part 2 - Dielectric Fluid
Power electronics thermal management
Thermal Management Strategies
coolant coolant
Electrical conductor
MOSFET
Electrical conductor
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Cooling System Design: Modeling Results
4 mm
10
mm
1 Moreno, G., K. Bennion, C. King, and S. Narumanchi. “Evaluation of Performance and Opportunities for Improvements in Automotive Power
Electronics Systems.” In 2016 15th IEEE Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (ITherm), Las
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Vegas, NV, May 31–June 3, 2016, 185–192. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITHERM.2016.7517548.
Summary
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Team Members For more information, contact
Sreekant Narumanchi Sreekant Narumanchi (Group Manager)
Douglas DeVoto Sreekant.Narumanchi@nrel.gov
Gilbert Moreno Phone: (303)-275-4062
Joshua Major
Ramchandra Kotecha
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