Power semiconductor test presents many challenges, requiring the accurate measurement of electrical parameters in various environmental conditions. Thermal test, specialized and general-purpose electronic instrumentation, and high-speed, high-current interconnect all have a role to play in bringing high-quality wide-bandgap devices to market and driving their penetration into applications ranging from renewable energy to electric vehicles. And power silicon devices continue to have a role to play.
Thermal test specialist
TotalTemp Technologies focuses on thermal test, and John Booher, CTO, pointed out that customers have a lot of choices in that field. “Are all those choices really necessary?” he asked. “They are not really required, but in a world where every aspect of work has the more, better, faster mindset, thermal testing is definitely no exception. Any old temperature chamber around the lab can perform a thermal test, but it’s likely going to be far from optimal.”