® The 4 generation SKiiP “SKiiP 4” is an Intelligent Power Module (IPM) with highest power density and reliability. SEMIKRON’s SKiiP stands for “SEMIKRON intelligent integrated Power” indicating that three components are integrated into one IPM: • heat sink •...
Figure 2.3: Half bridge “exploded assembly view” Heat sink SEMIKRON offers highly efficient water cooled heat sinks and air cooled aluminum heat sinks. Detailed technical parameter are given in the datasheet of the corresponding SKiiP. Customer specific heat sinks can be designed, simulated, measured and assembled on request as well.
Figure 2.4: Main terminals construction principle In the SKiiP 4 in contrast to previous generations of SKiiPs the bare chips are sintered and not soldered. The sophisticated sintering process is based on a pulverized silver which creates a robust material connection when suitable pressure and temperature is applied during the formation process.
II an altitude of theoretically 9000 m for SKiiP 4 is possible. This is the case when an additional basic isolation is implemented between the SKiiP 4 driver interface and controller board. This can be realized by the following means: •...
® Figure 4.3: Implementation of additional basic isolation between SKiiP 4 driver interface and controller board Finally, the installation altitude of the SKiiP 4 depends on: • Grid configuration (star grounded grid, delta grounded grid) • The voltage level of the line to earth voltage (rated isolation voltage) •...
A verification of mechanical stability and EMC behaviour under customer’s application conditions is necessary. As the SKiFace interface is a standardized, it is also used in other SEMIKRON products. Due to that not all ® signals are used for SKiiP...
Please note: Do not apply switching signals during power up. The external power supply requires the capability to feed a minimum inrush current into the SKiiP 4 at start-up of the system without entering a fault state itself. Typically power supplies with fold-back characteristic or hiccup-mode can create problems if insufficient over current margin is available.
This parallel connection of HALT signals provides a fast disabling of IGBT switching in case of an error or power up. Hence, the operation of such paralleled SKiiP 4can only start when all SKiiP 4 are ready to operate. The HALT signals of all SKiiPs in the application can be connected to the controller separately, too, as shown in Figure 5.9.
5.2.8 CANbus interface The CANbus interface employs comprehensive interaction with the SKiiP 4, e.g. it provides the possibility to read out the type of error occurred and when it occurred. In addition to this, the CAN-interface is used to ®...
The application shall be selected to ensure that the peak load current stays safely below the over current protection level. For further details please refer to the corresponding datasheet of the SKiiP 4. 5.3.7.6...
Please note: The values for transient thermal impedance given in the data sheets (Z ) are only th(j-r) valid together with the SEMIKRON standard heat sinks and under conditions given in the data sheets. The usage of these values for other heat sinks/conditions might cause deviations in calculation of thermal resistance! Cooling and coolant circuit 7.5.1...
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The user has to ensure that the used coolant is compatible with the cooling circuit materials to avoid e.g. corrosion or freezing at low temperatures. SEMIKRON proposes the usage of a mixture of water and glycol with corrosion inhibitor. The percentage of glycol in the cooling medium shall be at least 10%. All thermal ®...
Dedicated calculations shall be carried out by the SEMIKRON simulation tool SEMISEL which is available on the SEMIKRON homepage www.semikron.com. Load cycles and cooling conditions can be adapted to meet the application conditions. The measurement ®...
This can be done e.g. by Rogowski current sensors which are located around the DC+ and DC- terminals. ® 7.11 Paralleling of SKiiP The parallel operation of SKiiP 4’s requires the following considerations and features: ® • Common error management for all paralleled SKiiP 4 can be realized using the HALT signal •...
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