A Non-Intrusive Method for Monitoring the Degradation of MOSFETs

Autor: Li-Feng Wu, Yu Zheng, Yong Guan, Guo-Hui Wang, Xiao-Juan Li
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Sensors, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1132-1139 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1424-8220
DOI: 10.3390/s140101132
Popis: Highly reliable embedded systems have been widely applied in the fields of aerospace, nuclear power, high-speed rail, etc., which are related to security and economic development. The reliability of the power supply directly influences the security of the embedded system, and has been the research focus of numerous electronic information and energy studies. The degradation of power modules occupies a dominant position among the key factors affecting the power supply reliability. How to dynamically determine the degradation state and forecast the remaining useful life of working power modules is critical. Therefore, an online non-intrusive method of obtaining the degradation state of MOSFETs based on the Volterra series is proposed. It uses the self-driving signal of MOSFETs as a non-intrusive incentive, and extracts the degradation characteristics of MOSFETs by the frequency-domain kernel of the Volterra series. Experimental results show that the identification achieved by the method agrees well with the theoretical analysis.
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