Failure Modes and Mechanisms Analysis of Silicon Power Devices

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dc.contributor.advisorPecht, Michael Gen_US
dc.contributor.advisorDas, Digantaen_US
dc.contributor.authorValentine, Nathan Allenen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-22T06:32:24Z
dc.date.available2017-06-22T06:32:24Z
dc.date.issued2017en_US
dc.description.abstractSilicon power devices are a major reliability concern for power electronics converters. Failure modes, mechanisms, and effects (FMMEA) is a well-established method for identifying and analyzing the critical failure mechanisms and improving the reliability of a system through the process. The effects of the various failure mechanisms (and modes) are system dependent and cannot be identified in isolation. This work establishes a Failure Modes and Mechanisms Analysis (FMMA) for silicon power devices that identifies the relevant failure modes and mechanisms for those components. Following the FMMA, a set of failure analysis case studies of silicon power devices which aid in the identification of failure causes and mechanisms for the FMMA are described. Finally, the criticality of the different mechanisms is discussed based on the severity of a failure within a given system, the occurrence of a failure mechanism for a given component, and the ability to detect a failure using techniques such as PHM, criticality can be identified for the mechanisms.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2RW0F
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/19517
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMechanical engineeringen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPhysics-of-Failureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPower Devicesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledReliabilityen_US
dc.titleFailure Modes and Mechanisms Analysis of Silicon Power Devicesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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