Intrusiveness of Power Device Condition Monitoring Methods: Introducing Figures of Merit for Condition Monitoring

Power electronics is becoming pervasive in electricity-based applications, making power device reliability an increasingly important topic. Maintenance operations are necessary to ensure the functioning of electronic apparatuses [1]. Guessing time for maintenance challenging due related tradeoff between costs and improvements. Lifetime prediction techniques condition monitoring methods (CMMs) useful tools determining actual need rid="ref2">[2].