Environmental Testing Benefits Power Electronics

Focus:

Environmental testing of power supplies and other power electronic devices goes beyond simple burn in processes and includes environmental stress screening (ESS),highly accelerated life testing (HALT) and highly accelerated stress screening (HASS). These different forms of environmental testing may be combined with electrical test and measurement processes such as functional testing and parametric testing to improve the robustness and reliability of a power product, increase production yields, and other benefits.

What you’ll learn:

• How to implement different forms of environmental testing (overview).
• How to select environmental test chambers
• How to combine parametric and functional testing with environmental testing

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Author & Publication:

Steven Petersen, Senior Inside Sales Engineer, Thermotron Industries Product Test Solutions, Holland, Mass., Power Electronics Technology, Dec 01 2004

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