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However, we experimentally proved that SOA of any semiconductor device goes down with the increased level of aging, and therefore, the probability of occurrence of over-voltage/current situation increases. As a result, the MTTF of the device as well as the overall converter reliability reduces with aging. That said, device degradation can be estimated by accomplishing an accurate online degradation monitoring tool that will determine the dynamic SOA. The correlation between aging and dynamic SOA gives us the useful remaining life of the device or the availability of a circuit. For this monitoring tool, spread spectrum time domain reflectometry (SSTDR) has been proposed and was successfully implemented in live power converters. In SSTDR, a high-frequency sine-modulated pseudo-noise sequence (SMPNS) is sent through the system, and reflections from age-related impedance discontinuities return to the test end where they are analyzed. In the past, SSTDR has been successfully used for device degradation detection in power converters while running at static conditions. However, the rapid variation in impedance throughout the entire live converter circuit caused by the fast-switching operation makes CM more challenging while using SSTDR. The algorithms and techniques developed in this project have overcome this challenge and demonstrated that the SSTDR test data are consistent with the aging of the power devices and do not affect the switching performance of the modulation process even the test signal is applied across the gate-source interface of the power MOSFET. This implies that the SSTDR technique can be integrated with the gate driver module, thereby creating a new platform for an intelligent gate-driver architecture (IGDA) that enables real-time health monitoring of power devices while performing features offered by a commercially available driver. Another application of SSTDR in power electronic systems is the ground fault prediction and detection technique for PV arrays. Protecting PV arrays from ground faults that lead to fire hazards and power loss is imperative to maintaining safe and effective solar power operations. Unlike many standard detection methods, SSTDR does not depend on fault current, therefore, can be implemented for testing ground faults at night or low illumination. However, wide variation in impedance throughout different materials and interconnections makes fault location more challenging than fault detection. This barrier was surmounted by the SSTDR-based fault detection algorithm developed in this project. The proposed algorithm was accounted for any variation in the number of strings, fault resistance, and the number of faults. In addition to its general utility for fault detection, the proposed algorithm can identify the location of multiple faults using only a single measurement point, thereby working as a preventative measure to protect the entire system at a reduced cost. Within the scope of the research work on SSTDR-based fault diagnosis and CM of power electronic components, a cell-level SOH measurement tool has been proposed that utilizes SSTDR to detect the location and aging of individual degraded cells in a large series-parallel connected Li-ion battery pack. This information of cell level SOH along with the respective cell location is critical to calculating the SOH of a battery pack and its remaining useful lifetime since the initial SOH of Li-ion cells varies under different manufacturing processes and operating conditions, causing them to perform inconsistently and thereby affect the performance of the entire battery pack in real-life applications. Unfortunately, today’s BMS considers the SOH of the entire battery pack/cell string as a single SOH and therefore, cannot monitor the SOH at the cell level. A healthy battery string has a specific impedance between the two terminals, and any aged cell in that string will change the impedance value. Since SSTDR can characterize the impedance change in its propagation path along with its location, it can successfully locate the degraded cell in a large battery pack and thereby, can prevent premature failure and catastrophic danger by performing scheduled maintenance.Introduction -- Background study and literature review -- Fundamentals of Spread Spectrum Time Domain Reflectometry (SSTDR): A new method for testing electronics live -- Accelerated aging test bench: design and implementation -- Condition monitoring of power switching in live power switching devices in live power electronic converters using SSTDR -- An irradiance-independent, robust ground-fault detection scheme for PV arrays based on SSTDR -- Detection of degraded/aged cell in a LI-Ion battery pack using SSTDR -- Dynamiv safe operating area (SOA) of power semiconductor devices -- Conclusion and future researc

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