• Venkatapavan Raghuram
• E. Sreeshobha

Power losses in semiconductor elements and related thermal phenomena are an important element of the design process of electronic and power electronic devices. Semiconductor manufacturers provide increasingly accurate datasheets of manufactured elements, comprising accurate equivalent thermal circuit diagrams. On the other hand, there is software available on the market that allows for efficient use of information provided by manufacturers and for determining the temperature values of individual components. One of such programs is PLECS, dedicated for power electronics devices, being a product of Swiss company Plexim. Its distinguishing feature is the ability to combine electric, mechanical, thermal and magnetic elements in the simulation process, which allows, for example, for observing entire drive systems, including temperature changes in which power semiconductor junctions work under given load and ambient conditions. Thermal simulations results generated by PLECS software.

Thermal simulation, PLECS, Thermal Time Constant, IGBT, Diode, Power, Losses.

"CONVERTER CONDUCTION LOSSES AND SWITCHING LOSSES EVALUATION", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 5, page no.i50-i57, May-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2305836.pdf

"CONVERTER CONDUCTION LOSSES AND SWITCHING LOSSES EVALUATION", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 5, page no. ppi50-i57, May-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2305836.pdf