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Journal of applied research and technology
versão On-line ISSN 2448-6736versão impressa ISSN 1665-6423
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DE LEON-ALDACO, S. E.; CALLEJA-GJUMLICH, J. H.; JIMENEZ-GRAJALES, H. R. e CHAN-PUC, F. I.. Experimental Assessment of Derating Guidelines Applied to Power Electronics Converters. J. appl. res. technol [online]. 2013, vol.11, n.1, pp.103-114. ISSN 2448-6736.
Power transistors are the most vulnerable components in switching converters, and derating is usually applied to increase their reliability. In this paper, the effectiveness of derating guidelines is experimentally assessed using a push-pull DC-DC converter as a case study, operating in three different environments. After measuring the electrical variables and temperature, reliability was predicted following the guidelines in MIL HDBK 217F. The sensitivity analysis performed indicates that temperature has the largest impact on reliability, followed by environment and device quality. The results obtained demonstrate that a derating procedure based solely on DC ratings does not ensure an adequate performance. Therefore, additional guidelines are suggested to help increase the overall reliability obtained from a power circuit.
Palavras-chave : reliability; derating; power converters.