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Analysis of PWM Frequency Control to Improve the Lifetime of PWM Inverter Lixiang Wei Jeffrey Mcguire Richard A Lukaszewski Member, IEEE Rockwell Automation – Allen Bradley Senior Member, IEEE Rockwell Automation – Allen Bradley 6400 W Enterprise Drive Rockwell Automation – Allen Bradley 6400 W Enterprise Drive Mequon, WI, 53092, USA 6400 W Enterprise Drive Mequon, WI, 53092, USA jdmcguire@ Mequon, WI, 53092, USA lwei@ ralukaszewski@ Abstract -- Studies have shown that the power cycling Mean generated within the first couple of seconds and cause Time to Failure MTTF of the IGBT bond wire in an adjustable junction temperature failures. speed drive ASD may be very short under some very common This paper proposed a PWM frequency reduction method conditions. This paper proposes a switching frequency reduction to solve the problem. This method reduces the PWM method based on junction temperature variation ΔTj of the inverter IGBT. It has the following advantages. Firstly, it only frequency to its lowest level when the junction temperature reduces the PWM frequency under low speed higher torque variation of the IGBT is higher than certain level. With this condition; secondly, the inverter can be started more smoothly method, junction temperature failure of the IGBT can be and safely under higher command switching frequency and high avoided and a much higher MTTF of the IGBT can be torque condition. Thirdly, the overall MTTF of the inverter achieved. IGBT can be improved dramatically. Theory analysis, The paper is organized in the following steps. Firstly, the simulation and experimental result will be provided to show these advantages. power losses and junction temperature calculation method of an IGBT module are studied; the proposed method will also Index Terms -- Power cycling capability, adjustable speed be introduced; a