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Power Electronics

Power electronics systems are complex. Simulation provides the tools to efficiently solve high-level design challenges, improve performance and drive innovation.

ANSYS APPLICATIONS

Design and Optimization of Power Electronics

Ansys offers system-level design, analysis and optimization solutions for power electronic systems inclusive of inverters, converters, electric machines, sensors, semiconductors (IGBTs), circuit boards and cables. Our simulation tools help solve issues like semiconductor loss and thermal performance during cycling, surge currents and voltages during switching, and conducted and radiated emissions (EMI/EMC) due to increasingly higher switching frequencies.

Simulation can provide a significant impact on power electronics design and production.

  • Multi-level and Multi-physics Modeling
    Multi-level and Multi-physics Modeling
  • Embedded Controls and Software
    Embedded Controls and Software
  • Conducted and Radiated Emissions Evaluation
    Conducted and Radiated Emissions Evaluation
  • Component Reliability
    Component Reliability
Power Electronics

Power Electronics Solutions

Electromagnetic Solution

3D and 2D quasi-static electromagnetic field simulations enable highly accurate models used to perform signal integrity analysis to study crosstalk, ground bounce, interconnect delays and ringing, and to accurately predict the performance of high-speed interconnects, filters, connectors, and PCBs.

Power Device Characterization

An embedded characterization tool for both power semiconductor and power module allows for integration of characterized power components into a drive system model and evaluation at different drive cycles.

Thermal Management

Electronics thermal management solutions leverage robust, automatic meshing to perform heat transfer and fluid flow simulation for convective and forced air cooling strategies. 

Reduced-Order Models

By creating a reduced-order model (ROM), changes can be made and analyzed in real-time simulations, decreasing simulation time by orders of magnitude. 

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Proven Simulation Solutions for Power Electronics

Power electronics drive critical applications and must meet strict standards for compatibility and reliability. Anticipating the many factors that can influence real-world performance requires a proven simulation solution that can help identify EMI issues before they arise while optimizing the whole system including thermal management.

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Integrated electrical, mechanical, ad thermal material properties offers multi-physics solutions for problems like thermal run-away issues within power electronics systems and helps conduct root-cause analysis.

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System Optimization

Easily integrate multi-domains together in a complete modeling and simulation environment for testing and analyzing power electronic systems.

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WEBINARS

On Demand Webinar
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Electronic Transformer Design and Sizing for High-Density Power Electronics

Learn how integrated simulation methods can combine transformer and circuit response to achieve optimal converter performance in high-density power electronics.

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Modeling Inductive-Based Wireless Power Transfer Using Ansys Maxwell
Modeling Inductive-Based Wireless Power Transfer Using Ansys Maxwell

Inductive-based wireless power systems are used to charge biomedical implants, consumer electronics, and even electric vehicles; this approach can be advantageous since it does not require electrical contacts to transfer power.

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Electromagnetic Modeling and Analysis of Power and Distribution Transformers

In this webinar we discuss the capabilities of Ansys solutions for the electromagnetic analysis of power and distribution transformers.

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Thermal Performance Inverter Bus Bars Complex Harmonic Content

This webinar spotlights Ansys 2021 R1’s new capabilities for coupling accurate loss density calculations to thermal solvers for predicting temperature in bus bars.

On Demand Webinars
Power Electronics Webinar Series
Power Electronics Webinar Series

This webinar series highlights simulation solutions for power electronics.

WHITE PAPERS & ARTICLES

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Hot Flash: Dynamic Thermal Analysis

Fairchild Semiconductors decreased development time for electronic components for electric and hybrid electric vehicles using a reduced-order method.

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