Durable Design of the New HVIGBT Module

Power semiconductors installed in high-reliable applications must maintain a certain quality in the field for periods up to thirty years. Using our proven high quality design approach, we developed a new High Voltage (HV) IGBT module (HVIGBT) called the X-Series. Based on realistic environmental conditions its robustness was verified to minimize the field failures. In this paper, we describe those design characteristics of the X-Series which are not generally indicated in the datasheets.