Plastics in high reliability Power Inverter Applications
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Ugare, Chetan; Bauer, Christoph; Sibirko, Alexander; Berberich, Katharina
- Source
- 2021 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC) Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC), 2021 IEEE. :620-624 Jun, 2021
- Subject
- Aerospace
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Transportation
Power system measurements
Art
Density measurement
Metals
Multichip modules
Coolants
Electromagnetic compatibility
- Language
It is a common opinion, that plastics are not the material of choice for highly reliable applications. This paper describes the motivations for the use of plastics in commercial vehicle (CV) Power Inverters for traction applications, despite having tough reliability requirements. The use of plastics creates new opportunities to increase power density with lower cost, reducing the efforts to meet the required EMC norms. The advanced mechanical design is necessary to achieve reliable design. The design approach considering those aspects will be explained based on AVL's latest commercial vehicle Power Inverter prototype development.