Reliability of discrete power semiconductor packages and systems — D2Pak and CanPAK in comparison

The reliability of discrete power semiconductor packages is getting more and more important in regard to the increasing number of power applications in the low power range. Therefore it is necessary to get more information and details on reliability of discrete packages and systems by performing reliability tests as well as simulations. In this paper the chosen approach and first results of simulations and tests are described on D²Pak and CanPAK systems as often used discrete power semiconductor packages.