Temperature Characterization of Power Devices

应用文章

The power semiconductor market has been experiencing rapid growth in recent years in the fields of power electric equipment, industrial equipment, automobiles and home appliances. Impervious to high voltage, high current and high power consumption, power devices are required to be highly reliable and to operate under harsh environmental conditions. The B1506A allows easy characterization of temperature dependency which can cause a device failure.

This application brief describes a measurement method using the U5855A to evaluate temperature characterization of commercially available discrete power MOSFETs and IGBT modules, in tandem with electrical characterization with the B1506A.