A new standard IGBT housing for high-power converters

In the field of high-power converters, the standard IGBT module housing is the Ihm / Ihv established by Eupec during the 1990s. This paper explains the limitations of this housing and presents approaches for a new, next-generation housing. This new housing design targets a reduction of the leakage inductance and a significant power density improvement. With regard to the highest power densities for high-power traction converters, initial results are shown for converters using a reverse conducting diode controlled (RCDC) IGBT.