Evaluation of Assembly Technology of IGBT Mounted onto TO-220 by Durability Tests

The paper presents aging test results of commercial insulated gate bipolar (IGBT) transistors STGP10NC60KD and SIGC11T60NC transistors mounted onto Ni-plated TO-220 packages by four different methods: 1) sintering of silver micropowder, 2) by resin bonding, 3) soldering and 4) soldering with distancer. Two aging tests were performed: 1) dc load 10 A for 100 h, 2) 850 ON / OFF cycles for 5 and 10 minutes respectively. The best aging durability was observed in devices mounted by soldering.