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Electrical Conductivity of SAC solder

Can anybody help me find the electrical conductivity of SAC 305 (96.5Sn3Ag0.5Cu) solder? It is the most common solder in semiconductor IGBT/MOSFET power switches. Many thanks and best regards,
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Coupling heatsink RC network to MOSFET's Cauer circuit

I am trying to understand simple RC thermal simulation to analyse the temperature rise in Rohm a 1200 V N-channel SiC MOSFET SCT3040KR. RC Cauer parameters are as depicted in the LTspice circuit ...
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Calculation of Vce from Ic-Vge Characteristic

We have found the Ic-Vge (collector current vs gate-emitter voltage) characteristic of an IGBT device as shown below at a high Vce (collector-emitter voltage) value (here 20V) from the datasheet (...
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RC snubber network not protecting IGBT

I'm working on an electromagnetic accelerator project but I'm having trouble protecting my IGBTs that switch current through the coils. Here's the schematic: C1 gets charged to around 250 V (In my ...
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Troubleshooting Skyper 32Pro R + Adapter Board 1 Skyper 32Pro R

Hello I am trying to test an IGBT SKM145GB066D with the Adapter Board 1 Skyper 32Pro R and gate driver Skyper 32 Pro R, but cannot make it work. I've spend 2 weeks trying, but it seems like some ...
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Ic and Vce equations of IGBT

I know in IGBTs while operating, parameters Ic (collector current) and Vce (collector-emitter voltage) are Tj (junction temperature) and Vge (gate-emitter voltage) dependent. Is there anything else ...
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What does the cross point of V-I curves mean?

Here you see a V-I graph including many curves achieved under different junction temperatures of an IGBT. As it can be seen there is a cross point where all curves intersect each other. Does it make ...
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Collector current in datasheet Graphs

Here is an example of output characteristics fot IGBT devices, i.e., the "collector current (Ic)-to-collector emitter voltage (Vce)" graph. Can somebody help me find what Ic represents here? ...
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Difference between the words 'die' and 'chip' [closed]

In some articles speaking about the IGBT power modules, we can see that the word 'die' has been used for calling the semiconductor component of IGBT device. However, other articles calls it 'chip'. ...
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IGBT modelling from datasheet

how to model igbt from the APT150GN120J datasheet. ...
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Ic-Vge IGBT Curve

In the figure below, presented in the manufacturer datasheet, you can see the Ic-Vge curve of an IGBT device. As mentioned, it has been drawn at Vce=20V. What does this equality mean? Can we have such ...
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Calculation of Rated Power for IGBT Module

For an IGBT module with the following characteristics, how can we calculate the rated power? I mean how much is the rated power for this module?
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Unknown logo on FGS25N120ANTD IGBTs. Which semiconductor manufacturer is this?

I bought 5 FGS25N120ANTD IGBTs from my local vendor a while back. I was unable to identify the manufacturer, based on the logo. Can somebody help me out?
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IGBT chip metalization

Consider an IGBT chip within a power module. The top surface of the chip is often metalized by aluminum (with approximately 5 microns thickness) to bond some aluminum wires into the chip; I am hazy ...
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Zero Voltage in a power semiconductor chip

In an ON-mode silicon IGBT chip operating within a real power module, is the collector contact fixed at 0 V or emitter? What about Power SiC MOSFET? enter link description here

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