Thermal measuring and testing – Temperature measurement – By electrical or magnetic heat sensor
Patent
1994-11-10
2000-07-25
Patel, Harshad
Thermal measuring and testing
Temperature measurement
By electrical or magnetic heat sensor
374 43, 374134, 374178, G01K 700, G01N 2520
Patent
active
060929278
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for determining the temperature of a discrete power semiconductor from an analog integrated circuit that is copackaged with the power semiconductor on a heat sink, given a knowledge of the thermal capacitances of the power semiconductor and of the analog integrated circuit, the thermal resistance between the power semiconductor and the analog integrated circuit, the thermal resistances between the power semiconductor and the heat sink and between the analog integrated circuit and the heat sink. The method includes determining the voltage across the power semiconductor and the current through the power semiconductor, thereby determining the power dissipated in the power semiconductor, determining the temperature of the analog integrated circuit, determining the heat sink temperature, using the thermal capacitances, heat sink temperature and thermal resistances to set coefficients of an asymptotic observer system, providing the voltage and current and the temperature of the analog integrated circuit to the asymptotic observer system, and providing as an output from the asymptotic observer system the temperature of the discrete power semiconductor.
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International Rectifier Corp.
Patel Harshad
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