Let me start off by saying that this list was hard to put together. 2013 has been such a fantastic year for metal with old and new bands releasing absolutely stellar albums, I’ve been like a kid in a candy store. Only a few disappointments reared their ugly heads and were quickly forgotten about in the wave of fantastic tunes that rumbled forth from my sound system. So without further ado, my top ten of 2013 commences below with a special mention to a band that would have made it if only…
Honourable Mention: Astronoid – Stargazer
I want to give special mention to this album because while it’s only an EP and two of the four tracks are atmospheric filler, it’s some of the finest production and catchiest writing I’ve heard all year. The choice to mix clean sung vocals with hammering black metal riffs is not new, but Astronoid‘s presentation is wonderfully slick and I can only look forward to what this band produces in the future!
And now for the real list to start…
10. The Monolith Deathcult – Tetragrammaton
The Monolith Deathcult have been on my radar ever since some enterprising fan at a Winterfest long gone asked me to DJ one of their songs from a sharpie-encrusted mix CD. Their 2013 followup to Trivmvirate pushes all the right buttons and has a great mix of groove, brutality and songwriting chops to edge on to this list. It also is the only album I’ve heard this year to feature solid African instrumentation in a song about the Rwandan genocide. I will admit it’s strange hearing a bunch of Dutch guys elucidate on such a clearly African atrocity, but it doesn’t stop he album from being solid from start to finish.
9. Fleshgod Apocalypse – Labyrinth
The evolution of Fleshgod Apocalypse from a symphonic band to a death metal band has been interesting for me. It’s an unpopular opinion, but their debut album just didn’t do it for me and it was only with Agony and Mafia that my ears really pricked up. Labyrinth takes all of the elements from their previous albums and mashes them together into a heady mix of equally technical classical and metal elements. It’s bombastic to the point of ridiculousness and while lesser groups might succumb to orchestral cheesiness, Fleshgod never do.
8. Leprous – Coal
I was introduced to Leprous as “Ihsahn‘s backing band” and that immediately piqued my interest. Being deemed worthy to keep company with one of Norway’s most prolific metal musicians as well as keep up with the crazy riffing that comes out of Ihsahn‘s head is no mean feat. Each track on Coal swells and grows with a grandiosity that some bands backed by and entire orchestra don’t manage to reach. Leprous‘ off-kilter brand of avant-garde prog metal is fascinating to listen to since there’s always something new to hear with each repeat play.
7. Heaven Shall Burn – Veto
Much like BrutalViking, I feel that Veto exemplifies what modern metal should be doing. The melodies and breakdowns never interfere with each other, each song feels very deliberate and it really feels like Heaven Shall Burn have hit their stride in a great way. It feels like the band has matured quite a lot in their sound and songwriting technique; the songs never get lost or feel disconnected, instead very clear and strong threads tie each part and each instrument’s role together in a really effective way.
6. Carcass – Surgical Steel
2013 saw a lot of bands make triumphant returns to the scene and while Black Sabbath‘s 13 was really a rather underwhelming affair, Surgical Steel feels like Carcass never left. Their first album in nine years, most bands would be content to call it a day or do the Sabbathy thing and just throw a bone to the fans, but this has all the speed, aggression and melodic sensibility of Carcass in their heyday.
5. Germ – Grief
This was probably my most anticipated album of the year. One minute teasers, released singles and delays on the final product meant that I was on the edge of my seat when Grief finally landed. There’s far less synth influence and instead the metal elements really get to shine. Tim Yatras’ vocal range is truly something to behold and the songs feel a lot more cohesive and less repetitive than his previous outings. The duality of uplifting riffs combined with ethereal howls and dark lyrics just hits all the right places. I will admit that the album peters off a little towards the end, but it starts so strong that it jumped to this spot almost by default.
4. Rotting Christ – Kata Ton Daimonia Eaytoy
Being starved of a new Septicflesh album this year, I cottoned on to another Greek band that has been on my map for ages but I’ve never actually investigated; and what a place to start. Kata Ton… is ambitious, grand and truly deserving of the oft-misused “epic”! The sweeping orchestration is backed up by catchy and driving riffing that never gets too technical that you can’t lock into a groove. The songs themselves feel like battle cries to some eldritch kingdom and they just make you want to raise your horns high and headbang like mad!
3. Ghost – Infestessumam
Ghost came out of nowhere for me in late 2010 and firmly sunk their ghoulish claws into my back. Now with their second release, many critics were less than enthused by the slightly more caricature aesthetic employed by the band. In my opinion, it’s perfect; because if you take metal too seriously then you’re doing a bunch of stuff wrong. Ghost‘s retro-styled rock would probably get your mom nodding her head until she heard the lyrics glorifying all forms of Satanic excess and blasphemy. This is a straight up fun album.
2. The Black Dahlia Murder – Everblack
The Black Dahlia Murder is back! At least in my books. Some say they never left, but Ritual just didn’t do it for me; it felt stale and subdued with none of the catchy hooks that make this band so good. With Everblack they seem to have scoured the Necronomicon of old-school death metal with nary a breakdown to be heard. Instead, blistering riffs and seething vocals coupled with clever arrangements and lyrics made this one of my most played albums this year!
1. Deafheaven – Sunbather
Back in April I saw a video of the recording sessions for Sunbather and I already knew it would be my album of the year. There is something so right, so perfect in each of the musical elements of Deafheaven’s post-black metal; it just feels “real”. While a lot of metal is focussed on mythology and other fantastical elements, this release touches on the common man’s philosophies, feelings and life in a way that is often overlooked when seeking escapism. The music is sublime, the vocals are at once tortured and touching and even the filler tracks serve to amplify the atmosphere instead of breaking the experience. Don’t judge a book by it’s cover and listen to Sunbather now!


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By Sophie Hares, Reuters
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The tiny Australian seaside town
of Huskisson, perched on the edge of glittering Jervis Bay and
fringed by pristine national parks, has signed up for the global
battle against the humble plastic bag.
The former whaling settlement, whose waters are
a major draw for divers and dolphin watchers, is one of an increasing
number of Australian towns to outlaw plastic bags and help slash
the seven billion bags the country's 20 million people use each
"It was really about protecting our own backyard
for not only ourselves, but for the million-odd visitors that
come here each year. People just thought it absolutely made sense,"
said Matt Cross, coordinator of the project in Huskisson, population
750, about 112 miles south of Sydney.
Shoppers around the world use tens of billions
of plastic bags every year.
Environmentalists say normal plastic bags can take
up to 1,000 years to disintegrate, although industry groups argue
the bags make up only a small percentage of global litter.
But environmentalists say the growing problem posed by plastic
bag pollution can no longer be ignored.
Even remote Himalayan foothills are now strewn
with thousands of used bags and in South Africa they have become
such a common eyesore they are dubbed "roadside daisies,"
prompting a campaign to exterminate the "national flower."
Sacred cows roaming India's streets have died after
chewing bags containing scraps of food, while thousands of turtles,
birds and other marine animals are killed each year after mistaking
the millions of bags in the world's oceans for squid and jellyfish.
"We've had plastic bags since the 1960s and
initially they seemed like a great idea, lightweight, low energy
needed to make them. Then the dead animals starting washing up
on beaches," said John Dee, from environmental group Planet
But discarded plastic bags do more than just kill
In Bangladesh they were blamed for clogging drains
in the capital Dhaka, contributing toward deadly flooding in the
low-lying country. The government has since banned the 10 million
plastic bags used each day in the country in a bid to alleviate
"Disposal of bags is creating havoc in urban areas. Environmentally
speaking, plastic is more suitable for long life products like
pipelines," said Chandra Bhushan, associate director at India's
Center for Science and Environment.
The Australian government has urged supermarkets
to halve plastic bag use by 2005.
In addition to Bangladesh, other countries, including Ireland
and Taiwan, have slapped bans or taxes on bags.
Dozens of other countries from China, which is
fighting vast quantities of "white pollution," to Finland,
France and Britain are making efforts to cut the number of bags
used and find practical and cheap alternatives.
Slapping levies or charges on plastic bag use has
proved highly successful, with Ireland's tactic of imposing a
15 euro cent ($0.19 cents) per bag charge leading to a 95 percent
plunge in the number of bags used and raising millions of dollars
for the government to spend on environmental projects.
In Taiwan, where most stores charge T$1 (34 cents)
per bag, use has slumped by 80 percent after stores, fast-food
outlets and the food and beverage industry were gradually banned
from handing out free bags to consumers.
In Britain, where consumers use up to 20 billion
bags a year, major supermarkets are handing out biodegradable
alternatives, while Australian scientists are considering bioplastics
made of sucrose or grain which can eventually end up on compost
One alternative made by British firm Symphony Plastic Technologies
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but breaks down to water, carbon dioxide and dust.
"The interest we're getting is global. Europe
has got a lot of plastic waste problems and there's a lot of work
being done in the EU. What you're seeing is the beginning of a
very big change," said Symphony Chief Executive Michael Laurier.
However, higher costs remain an issue for many
biodegradables and critics say some alternative products break
down into hundreds of flakes which can still harm wildlife.
Some countries are employing novel tactics, with India's southern
city of Bangalore looking to use a mix of bitumen and recycled
plastic to build roads.
But simple consumer education is one of the most
effective methods with Australian supermarkets reporting a dramatic
rise in fabric bag sales as an intensive campaign to urge customers
to shun plastic begins to catch on.
"The public are very concerned about plastic
bags, they know the problem and they're concerned about the impact
on wildlife, but as soon as they get to the checkout at the supermarket,
their brain switches off," said Planet Ark's Dee.
Not surprisingly, the plastic bag backlash may
prove serious for manufacturers, many already under pressure from
cheap Asian imports, as consumers switch from thin, single-use
polythene bags to alternatives made of calico, paper or thickened
plastic. One Australian plastic bag manufacturer has already been
forced to lay off staff as a direct result, said the Plastics
& Chemicals Industries Association.
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stream will not solve the litter problem. An alternative will
then be found in the litter stream," said Axel Kistenmacher,
Plastics Europe director for environmental issues. "If it's
the plastic bag today, it'll be the paper bag tomorrow."
(Additional reporting by Sugita Katyal in New Delhi, Judy Hua
in Beijing, Tiffany Wu in Taipei, Edward Stoddard in Johannesburg,
Anis Ahmed in Dhaka and Laura Vinha in Helsinki)


Obama Trails Romney, Huckabee, Gingrich, Ties Palin. No, Really.
I like Campaign Spot's look at the latest polling numbers.
I suspect Obama’s 2012 standing will be more similar to his standing in 2010 than to 2008′s euphoria. Obama’s 2008 bid and his early popularity were based on what he would do, on promises, on a vision, on potential. His standing today is based on what he has done as president. The perception of Obama won’t change until the reality of what Obama is delivering changes.
In light of this, if Obama delivers a circumstance where Americans feel good about the state of the country, he’ll probably beat any of the above names. If he doesn’t, he’ll probably lose to any of them, even Jan Brewer.


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Lomography has launched a new Western Edition of its La Sardina 35mm film camera. The Lomography La Sardina Western Edition comes in two versions, called Belle Starr and Clever Coyote. Known as the “Queen of the Oklahoma Outlaws,” Belle Starr has been described as “the most dangerous and wanted woman of her time”. The Sardina clone named in her honour (pictured) is decorated with filigree patterns and arrows, while the Clever Coyote carries an image of the prairie and the coyote, engraved in oxidised metal. Like all other cameras in the Sardina range, the Western Edition models feature an ultrawide 22mm lens with a fixed f/8 aperture and an 88° angle of view. The cameras can be yours for £179 each.
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Visit Kneiff and Buurgplatz, the highest points in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in this mini virtual tour from the comfort of your computer, tablet, smart phone with this virtual reality mountain tour. The tour supports Google Cardboard and other VR devices for your gyroscope enabled smartphone.
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I hope you enjoy this virtual experience. I took the panoramas on my iPhone.
This had been my second visit to Buergplaz, the first had been many years previous when I had hiked up from Troisvierges. This time round, the summer of 2012, I was passing through on a long drive to a high point in the eastern Europe. I had not previously been to Kneiff, so this was the opportunity to visit both and take the photos for mini tour.

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The lifeblood of scholarship and research for Kansas University faculty and students is access to the work of their peers. But that blood flow is constricted at Kansas University.
University officials say they simply can't keep pace with the rising cost of many scholarly journals. It is an issue that has plagued KU and other institutions for years, and the squeeze continues.
"Some publishers, they've gone crazy," said Mohamed El-Hodiri, an economics professor.
Annual subscriptions range from a few hundred dollars to the $20,000 range.
KU is embarking on a three-year serials review this year. An additional $1.1 million over the current budget is needed to keep all the journals the university is currently purchasing. KU is adding $600,000 to what it spends for serials, but that means the university must make $500,000 in cuts to journal subscriptions.
"That's essentially been the trend: Spend more, get less," said Bill Myers, KU's library development director.
Journals are a key tool for doing research.
"No one can do without them," El-Hodiri said. "They're forcing us to pick and choose. How do I know that the one I choose is the one I'm going to need tomorrow?"
El-Hodiri said the issue has brought him some embarrassment at times. He once was asked to attend an international conference in Vienna. And he was asked to review some research in a journal before the event. But the university didn't have the journal. He ended up having to borrow a copy of the journal while in Vienna.
"I was very embarrassed," he said.
He said journals also are vital for teaching.
"If you don't know what's happening in the research, you cannot teach, or you're going to teach stale stuff," he said.
But there may be some hope.
Many institutions are making research available via the Internet. KU has a site called KU ScholarWorks that makes research - finished and unfinished - available to others.
Provost David Shulenburger said these and other initiatives are encouraging.
"Who cares about the price of scholarly journals if the material is available?" he said.
KU also forms relationships with other universities to share journals through interlibrary loan.
"I think institutions like ours have gotten more versatile in trying to cope with the increasing costs of serials," Myers said. "The objective is to try to advance knowledge as quickly as possible."
But more subscription cancellations are on the horizon.
Myers said he hasn't heard much feedback recently from faculty about the problem.
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Last night, Canadian electro-pop songstress
made a stop at Samsung 837 in the Meatpacking District to play a couple of her best songs. Seriously, she whipped out some gems.
"From All Sides" was one of the first songs she played, which surprised me since it acted as a B-side off her 2014 record, Little Machines.
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one of her best tracks. Speaking of the crowd, because it was a free event at a more intimate venue (the small stage was located at the bottom of the floor, with the audience's seats rising on top), each member of the crowd was a bonafide Lights fan. During a break in between songs, Lights took the time to collect some gifts from fans. One fan in the front row gave her jewelry, while another fan gave her a full blown care package. Yep, a huge grocery bag stocked with bananas, chocolates, and other tasty treats that naturally, every touring musician needs to keep them fueled while on the road. Now that I know that being a successful musician not only earns you tons of money but also free food, I may have to seriously start reconsidering my career paths!
Lights looked stunning in her usual get up of skinny black jeans, combat boots, and a tank top. While rocking the bright red dye job, she looked like a comic book character, if the character was to come to life. That's what she was going for, too, since her latest excellent album Skin & Earth
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She played the angry guitar-driven song "Savage," which she said was written from the perspective of her comic character, and that no one knows what it's actually about. She also sang The Weeknd-tinged "New Fears," the danceable "Skydiving," the catchy "Same Sea," every insomniac's anthem "Moonshine," and of course, ended the night on her most energetic, uplifting song to date, "Up We Go."
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Minister of Oil and Minerals Ahmed Daress on Monday discussed with Director of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Sebastien Trives the neutralization of ports and oil installations and facilities.
The meeting dealt with the coordination aspects between the Oil Ministry and OCHA in order to ease the escalating situation as a result of the aggression and siege, especially with regard to providing oil derivatives and gas and paying salaries.
In the meeting, the minister emphasized the importance of neutralizing the oil installations and petrol stations and tankers. He called on the United Nations to do its role in maintaining the floating tank "Safir" and allowing the withdrawal of crude oil from the reservoir in order to avoid an environmental disaster in the Red Sea.
Daress stressed the importance of taking serious steps with regard to preventing the delay of oil derivatives shipments, because that leads to an increase in their prices and adds burdens on citizens.
He confirmed his ministry's keenness to cooperate with the United Nations in this aspect so as to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people.
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Re: [betterbayview] Fwd: SFPUC Lunchtime Talk -- Introduction to Graywater
- OK.graywater specifically refers to water that's been used once and can be reused again for a non-consumptive use. examples include using your dishwater, washing machine discharge, and shower water in the garden and your bathroom wash water to flush your toilet. the stuff you pull from your roof is stormwater harvesting and the PUC has programs for that too.in terms of getting some savings, yes you can. it'll happen two ways. in the case of graywater, reusing water results in less consumption. for stormwater and landscape reuse, you'll notice that your bill comes with something called a flow-factor, which is how the PUC assesses your sewer rate charge. if you're keeping water out of the system then you can get your flow factor reduced.so yes, you can save money (and water) a couple of ways doing thisOn Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Jim Hunger <jimhunger@...> wrote:I can't get away for a mid-week lunch talk, Alex, but I was wondering: would "graywater" include rain run-off from the roof? I've thought it would be great to capture this for garden watering. I think the city charges for number of sewer accesses, including roof drains. It would be great if the added benefit was a reduced sewer bill.


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Rare disease action plan
Scotland’s first action plan for rare disease sets out the actions that we, our NHS, partners and stakeholders will take to improve the lives of people in living with a rare disease. The plan supports the shared priorities of the 2021 UK Rare Diseases Framework.
Dr Jonathan Berg, Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Clinical Genetics, University of Dundee
Outgoing Chair of the Scottish Rare Disease Implementation Board (2021-2022)
The UK Rare Disease Framework has provided us with a platform for real change in Scotland. With this, and with the flexibility of our own Action Plan we are able to take a different approach than perhaps what we have seen in the past.
Scotland's Rare Disease Implementation Board (RDIB) was convened to respond to the priorities of the Framework, and work towards Scotland's Action Plan for Rare Disease, the first iteration of which I am delighted to see published. Over the course of RDIB meetings to date, we have explored in 'deep dives' how to get the best out of our forthcoming registry, the ways in which we can support the Awareness Raising priority, and how to encourage participation in research and unlock barriers to rare disease research.
To enhance our understanding of action required to shorten the diagnostic odyssey and improve care coordination, we created working groups within RDIB which were tasked with investigating these issues. From this work we already have gleaned valuable insight into the challenges faced by healthcare professionals, and also models of good practice to progress our response to the Care Coordination priority. Now that we are moving to the first stage of implementing our Action Plan, we have stood up further working groups with RDIB that will bring together the required expertise and interests to act on the priorities herein.
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The increasing demand for motor drives with higher power levels is also driving the demand for power modules providing higher currents. The conventional approach to fulfill this requirement is to look for dedicated, high-current power modules. This article describes the alternative approach of paralleling IGBTs and diodes within one power module to extend its power capability, for example, by using a 35 A “sixpack” module as a 100 A half bridge.
The conclusion is that this approach provides an advantage due to the improved thermal behavior of several small chips rather than fewer big ones. The breakthrough in performance is seen when real-life data of parameter variations within one power module are considered, instead of the datasheet values, which suggest a much higher spread than actually seen in real life.
Figure 1 shows how a sixpack can be used as a half bridge.
Figure 1: Sixpack used as a half bridge
The following calculations are based on the P700-F sixpack module from Vincotech, which uses Infineon IGBT3 Low Loss IGBTs and Emcon HE FREDs. Both components feature a positive temperature coefficient for their voltage drop at high junction temperatures. This is important for avoiding thermal runaway of individual components when they are paralleled.
When paralleling IGBTs, special attention has to be given to the drive circuit. Because of the variation of the gate threshold voltage of the different chips, simply connecting the gates is not adequate.
Instead, each gate has to be driven by its own gate resistor and therefore it own current source in order to ensure that the chip with the lowest threshold voltage does not clamp the voltage for the others and carry all the current.
Furthermore, the layout of the emitter circuit has to be very symmetrical in order to minimize differences in emitter inductances and resistances. Even minor, unavoidable differences in the emitter inductances and resistances will generate compensation currents between the gate drive emitter connections.
To limit these currents, the introduction of an emitter resistance in the drive circuit is strongly recommended, with a resistor in the range of at least 0.5 ?, but not to exceed approximately 1/3 of the total gate resistance. To ensure real emitter-drive sensing, the module needs to provide emitter sense connections with separate bond wires (as do the power modules from Vincotech).
Moreover, any mismatch in the delay, rise, and fall times of the driver circuit are to be avoided, as these will also result in a mismatch of switching currents and therefore switching losses of the different devices. The use of a single gate drive circuit with individual gate and emitter resistors for the different IGBTs is recommended, as shown in Figure 2. If higher drive currents are required, a single driver circuit with individual push-pull driver stages is also a good idea.
Figure 2: Sixpack low side with drive circuit
Since the switching losses and their mismatch depend on the layout, it is good practice to measure and confirm them in the real application. If the recommendations above are followed, it is fair to assume that the switching losses for the different devices will match to within 10 to 15 %.
The on-state behavior is more critical. The datasheet for the P700 sixpack suggests a relatively large variation in IGBT collector-emitter and diode forward voltage. For the IGBT, the collector-emitter saturation voltage at 25°C is given as 1.7 V typical and 2.25 V maximum. No value is provided for the minimum voltage.
Considering this information, the paralleling of chips cannot be recommended, since the current sharing among the individual IGBTs cannot be ensured. The situation is even worse for the diodes.
In reality, however, the actual spread of the devices within one power module is much lower. This is due to the fact that they are picked from locations either exactly next or very close to each other on the same wafer, and will therefore feature extremely similar electrical characteristics.
To determine the real voltage variation, Vincotech has collected data from more than 40 thousand modules produced in multiple lots distributed over a period of more than one year. This evaluation shows that the saturation voltage variation for 99.99 % of the high side or low side IGBTs does not exceed 310 mV at 25°C and 450 mV at 125°C respectively.
For the FREDs, the value is 400 mV at 25°C and 490 mV at 125°C. The distribution of the voltage spread within the measured series is shown in Figure 3 for the IGBTs and Figure 4 for the diodes. Table 1 shows the probabilities for different voltage spreads.
Figure 3: IGBT saturation voltage spread
Figure 4: FRED forward voltage spread
Table 1: Voltage spread for different probabilities
When considering current sharing, apart from the low side or high side of the voltage variation of the IGBTs and FREDs, it is important to know what value the third device will exhibit.
Again, instead of using a worst-case view based on the datasheet voltage spread, the actual data collected from the 40 thousand modules can be used. Based on this information, the current sharing can be calculated for each module individually. The device with the lowest voltage drop is used to determine the voltage for the other two devices.
By doing so, it is ensured that the best device will run with the maximum current level for which it is designed, and that the other devices will run at a lower current level well within their design limits. The current of the other devices can be calculated using the dynamic voltage slope of the saturation voltage for the IGBT or the voltage slope of the forward current for the diode.
The total current of the module can be calculated as:
Itotal = Inom (best device) + I2 + I3
And the current derating for the module can be calculated as:
D = Itotal / 3 × Inom
Figure 5 and Figure 6 show the distribution of the derating for the paralleled IGBT and FRED section of the module. Table 2 shows the probabilities for the current de-rating.
Figure 5: IGBT current derating distribution
Figure 6: FRED current derating distribution
Table 2: Current derating for different probabilities
For a design where the 13% derating for the IGBT and 25% derating for the diode is used, only one device out of 10.000 will exceed the targeted design limit of all devices running lower than the originally targeted current. Due to this fact, this single device out of 10.000 devices may exhibit a lifetime which is lower than expected.
On the other side, the distribution curves show that for the IGBTs, 90% of the modules will share the current within 2% and 99% within 6%. For the FREDs, the current sharing for 90% of the devices will be within 5% and for 99% within 9%, respectively.
With a design made using the 13% and 25% derating, the majority of the modules will run with a much-better current sharing, thus running at a temperature lower than expected. This will not only compensate for the lower lifetime of the few devices, but also improve the overall lifetime and reliability of the design.
Using multiple smaller chips instead of one larger chip improves the thermal behavior, described by the thermal impedance of a device. This is due to the fact that not only the chip itself, but also a certain area around the chip, will participate in the transfer of heat from the chip to the heatsink. Figure 7 shows the improved thermal spreading when using two small chips instead of one large, with an equal total area in both cases.
Figure 7: Improved thermal spreading
This can also be seen when comparing the thermal resistance of the 100 A IGBT in the P569-F module with the 35 A IGBT in the P700-F module. The thermal resistance junction to heatsink for the 100 A device given in the data sheet is 0.57 K/W. The resistance for the single 35 A IGBT is 1.29 K/W, resulting in an overall resistance of 0.43 K/W, when three of them are used in parallel. This provides an improvement of about 25% in thermal performance, which compensates for some (if not all) of the derating required due to the non-ideal current sharing.
Example: using 35 A sixpack power module
As an example, the performance of a 35 A sixpack module used as a half bridge is compared to a 100 A single chip half-bridge module. The conditions and parameters used for the evaluation are shown below:
Device: P700: SixPACK 35 A / 1200 V
P569: half bridge 100 A / 1200 V
Motor frequency: 50 Hz
Cos phi: 0.8
PWM frequency: 4 kHz
Heatsink temperature: 80°C
Tj max: 125°C
In the first step, the phase-current capability of the individual devices, the IGBT and the FRED are determined for the P700 and P569, using the Vincotech flowSIM simulator. This simulator already takes the improved thermal performance of the smaller chips into account, which does not need to be explicitly considered later on. Figure 8 shows the flowSIM result for one 35 A IGBT of the P700-F module.
Figure 8: flowSIM P700 IGBT phase current determination
In the next step, the current de-rating is applied and the result is multiplied by 3, for the three paralleled devices. Table 3 shows the result for the IGBT and FRED for both solutions.
Table 3: Comparison between single-chip P569-F and multi-chip P700-F solution
The result reveals that the overall performance for the application at hand can be improved by 13% using the P700-F 35 A sixpack instead of the P569-F 100 A single-chip half bridge. The actual improvement will vary for different application parameters and therefore needs to be evaluated at the most critical point.
The use of sixpacks as half bridges can boost the performance and enable the use of preferred modules and packages at higher power levels. Special care has to be taken regarding the drive circuit, and current derating must be considered when calculating the current of a single chip used in a multi-chip arrangement. Individual emitter sense, down to chip level, and symmetrical design, are required of the power module, both of which are met by Vincotech modules. With the use of components in parallel, not only can higher current levels be reached, but also the reliability of the design can be improved.
About the author
Werner Obermaier is head of product marketing at Vincotech GmbH.