A novel direct water and double-sided cooled power module and a compact inverter for electrified vehicles
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Nakatsu, Kinya; Nishihara, Atsuo; Sasaki, Koji; Saito, Ryuichi
- Source
- 2013 15th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE) Power Electronics and Applications (EPE), 2013 15th European Conference on. :1-6 Sep, 2013
- Subject
- Aerospace
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Robotics and Control Systems
Transportation
Multichip modules
Inverters
Thermal resistance
Cooling
Vehicles
Insulated gate bipolar transistors
Power semiconductor device
Power converters for HEV
High power density systems
Thermal design
Packaging
- Language
Direct Water and Double-Sided Cooled Power Modules (DWDSCPM) are especially attractive due to high thermal performances. The DWDSCPM was able to reduce the thermal resistance by 50% and increase power density of the traction inverter by 70% in comparison with a conventional power module.