- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for predicting degradation in power modules
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Application No.: US15730282Application Date: 2017-10-11
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Publication No.: US10560047B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: Shailesh N. Joshi , Ercan M. Dede
- Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Applicant Address: DE Erlanger
- Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: DE Erlanger
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G01R31/28
- IPC: G01R31/28 ; H02P29/024

Abstract:
A system, computer readable medium, and a method for monitoring power module degradation in a vehicle are provided. The method includes determining a structure function of a power module, determining a change in the structure function based on a comparison between the structure function and an initial or baseline structure function associated with the power module, outputting a degradation determination result based on the change in the structure function, and generating an alert when the degradation determination result exceeds a predetermined or adaptively determined degradation criterion value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190109556A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING DEGRADATION IN POWER MODULES Public/Granted day:2019-04-11
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