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Simcenter™ Micred™
Power Tester Post-
Processing Tool User and
Reference Guide
Release 2310
November 2023
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 Table of Contents

Chapter 1
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chapter 2
Post-Processing Tool Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The Graphical User Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
The Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Project Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Parameter Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Parameter Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Long Term Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
∆T (junction) [°C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Thermostat Temperature [°C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
V(on) @ Cycling Current [V] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
V(on,cold) @ Cycling Current [V]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
V(on,LP) @ Cycling Current [V]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
V(cold) @ Measurement Current [V] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
V(hot) @ Measurement Current [V] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
T (junction,min) [°C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
T (junction,max) [°C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cycling Current [A] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Power Step [W] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Normalized ∆T (junction) [°C/W] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Gate Current @ Power Off [μA] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
T(case,max) [°C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
∆T (case) [°C]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Device Baseplate Temperature [°C]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Coolant Outlet Temperature [°C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
R(th,jc) [°C/W] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
R(DS,on) [mΩ]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
R(th,jc) = Tj - Tc / P [°C/W] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
V(gate) [V] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Short Term Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Device Voltage [V]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Device Voltage @ Measurement Current [V] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Ext. Temperature [°C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
T (case) [°C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Structure Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
T(j) raw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Structure Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Cap. R(th,jx) (Degradation Plot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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Chapter 3
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Managing Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Opening a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Expanding and Collapsing a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Saving a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Closing a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Icons and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Combine Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Zoom In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Scroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Zoom to Fit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Manual Scale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Meas. X (Measure Along X-axis). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Meas. Y (Measure Along Y-axis). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Clear Meas. (Clear Measurement Lines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Export Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Export All or Currently Shown Rth Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Save Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Copy Image to Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Display as T(j) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Init. Corr. Start (Move Initial Correction Start) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Init. Corr. End (Move Initial Correction End) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Annot. Cycle (Annotate Cycle Numbers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Move Interc. (Move Interception Line) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Refr. Cap. R(th,jx) (Refresh Capacitance R(th,jx)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Help /About. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Appendix 4
Icons of the Post-Processing Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Index

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Figure 2-1. Elements of the Post-Processing Tool GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Figure 2-2. Channel selector in long term parameter views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Figure 2-3. Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Figure 2-4. The ∆T (junction) [°C] parameter view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Figure 2-5. The V(on) @ Cycling Current [V] parameter view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Figure 2-6. V(on,cold) @ Cycling Current [V] Parameter View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 2-7. V(on,LP) @ Cycling Current [V] Parameter View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 2-8. V(cold) @ Measurement Current [V] parameter view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 2-9. V(hot) @ Measurement Current [V] parameter view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 2-10. T (junction,min) [°C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 2-11. T (junction,max) [°C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 2-12. Cycle Waveform View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 2-13. Cycling Current [A] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 2-14. Power Step [W] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 2-15. Normalized ∆T (junction) [°C/W] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 2-16. Gate Current @ Power Off [μA]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Figure 2-17. T(case,max) [°C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Figure 2-18. ∆T (case) [°C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Figure 2-19. Device Baseplate Temperature [°C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Figure 2-20. Coolant Outlet Temperature [°C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Figure 2-21. R(th,jc) [°C/W] Parameter View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 2-22. R(DS,on) [mΩ] Parameter View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 2-23. R(th,jc) = Tj - Tc / P [°C/W] Parameter View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 2-24. Gate voltage [V] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Figure 2-25. Export short term views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 2-26. Device Voltage [V] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Figure 2-27. Device Voltage @ Measurement Current [V] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 2-28. T (case) [°C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 2-29. T(j) raw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Figure 2-30. Structure Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Figure 2-31. Cap. R(th,jx) (Degradation Plot). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Figure 3-1. Expanding and collapsing projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure 3-2. Adding and removing series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 3-3. Combined Data Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Figure 3-4. Dragged and dropped project positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Figure 3-5. Manual scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Figure 3-6. Measure along the X-axis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Figure 3-7. Measure along the Y-axis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Figure 3-8. Exporting Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Figure 3-9. Exporting Options - Rth Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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Figure 3-10. Effects of clicking the Display as T(j) icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Figure 3-11. Moving the initial correction start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Figure 3-12. Moving the initial correction end . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Figure 3-13. Annotated cycle numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Figure 3-14. The Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Figure 3-15. The interception line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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 Chapter 1
Introduction

The SimcenterTM MicredTM Power Tester Post-Processing Tool software offers a convenient
and easy-to-use possibility of examining power cycling data obtained from Power Tester
measurements.
The Post-Processing Tool displays the cycling data on your computer’s screen; in this way, it
gives a possibility to examine the obtained information, perform measurements, determine
initial corrections and export the cycling data.

The Post-Processing Tool is suitable for minor manipulating operations - however, for more
meticulous and comprehensive manipulation options of the Rth measurements during power
cycling, we recommend using the T3STER Master software.

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 Chapter 2
Post-Processing Tool Overview

This section provides an introduction to the graphical user interface and gives an explanation
about the available parameter views. The parameter views represent different aspects of
inspecting measurement results, contributing to an efficient analysis.
The Graphical User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
The Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Project Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Parameter Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Parameter Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Long Term Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Short Term Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Structure Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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The Graphical User Interface

This section describes the general characteristics of the graphical user interface.
A thorough presentation of the menu bar and toolbar items is found in Operation.

Figure 2-1. Elements of the Post-Processing Tool GUI

Table 2-1. GUI elements

Number Element
1. Menu bar
2. Toolbar
3. Project bar
4. Parameter views

The main visual elements of the interface can be seen on Figure 2-1 and Table 2-1.

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The Menu Bar

The Menu Bar

The Menu Bar is located in the upper part of the Post-Processing Tool’s main window, offering
the common setting options for managing a project.
The Menu Bar also provides alternate access to certain elements of the The Toolbar. The
options are discussed more thoroughly in Operation.

The Toolbar
The Toolbar is found in the upper part of the Post-Processing Tool’s desktop, and it contains
options which are suitable for examining and manipulating the cycling data results.
The availability of certain toolbar items depends on the active parameter views; these are
discussed more thoroughly in Operation.

The Project Bar

The Project Bar contains all the opened projects. At each of the opened projects, the Long Term
Parameters the Short Term Parameters are listed; if the thermal resistance was measured as
well, the Structure Function subtree is also available here.

The Parameter Views

The Parameter views are accessible from the Project Bar, double-clicking on the views listed in
Long Term Parameters, Short Term Parameters or Structure Function.

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Parameter Views

Parameter Views
Parameter views are graphical representations of different measurement aspects of the cycling
data.
Currently opened projects are displayed in the Project Bar, on the left side of the screen.

There are three main groups of parameter views:

• Long Term Parameters

• Short Term Parameters
• Structure Function views (if the cycling data contains thermal resistance
measurement)
The Power Tester equipment and Control Software allow the measurement of both DUTs and
sensor diodes in each position on all channels. In case the cycling data in a project folder
contains both DUT and sensor diode measurement in a specific position on the same channel,
the parameter views are separated for the two types of devices in the project bar of the graphical
user interface of the Post-Processing Tool:

Long Term Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Short Term Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Structure Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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Long Term Parameters

In long term parameters, we see electrical and thermal measurement results in regard to cycle
numbers. As such, the x-axis of these parameter views are always scaled in Cycle Numbers.
Tip
If you right-click on a long term parameter view, a pop-up window (Figure 2-2) appears and
you can decide which curves do you want to see.

Figure 2-2. Channel selector in long term parameter views

If there are too many measurement points in a view, you can set the number of data points to
display by clicking Edit > Options. The available options let you set the number of loaded data
points, filter peaks the plot and (in case of short term parameter views) smooth the baseplate and
external channel waveform (Figure 2-3).

In Options, you can also set the resolution and the font type of images to be exported of views
which can be obtained in Export, by using the image exporting options.

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Figure 2-3. Options

In the Export measurements section, you can specify whether the numbering of channels and
positions should start from 0 or 1 when exporting long term or Rth measurement data using the
Export option.

∆T (junction) [°C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Thermostat Temperature [°C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
V(on) @ Cycling Current [V] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
V(on,cold) @ Cycling Current [V] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
V(on,LP) @ Cycling Current [V] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
V(cold) @ Measurement Current [V] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
V(hot) @ Measurement Current [V] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
T (junction,min) [°C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
T (junction,max) [°C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cycling Current [A]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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Power Step [W] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Normalized ∆T (junction) [°C/W] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Gate Current @ Power Off [μA] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
T(case,max) [°C]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
∆T (case) [°C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Device Baseplate Temperature [°C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Coolant Outlet Temperature [°C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
R(th,jc) [°C/W] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
R(DS,on) [mΩ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
R(th,jc) = Tj - Tc / P [°C/W] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
V(gate) [V] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

∆T (junction) [°C]
This parameter view shows the swing of the measured DUT’s junction temperature during a
single power cycle, scaled in °C.
Figure 2-4. The ∆T (junction) [°C] parameter view

Thermostat Temperature [°C]

The Thermostat Temperature view displays the the connected thermostat’s temperature (if there
was an attached thermostat) in regard to cycle numbers.

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V(on) @ Cycling Current [V]

This view displays the average of the last 8 voltage samples during the heating phase (ON-
phase) of each power cycle, in regard to cycle numbers.
Figure 2-5. The V(on) @ Cycling Current [V] parameter view

V(on,cold) @ Cycling Current [V]

This view displays the average of the last eight voltage samples at the beginning of the heating
phase of each power cycle, after a user-defined delay time interval, with regard to cycle
numbers.

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Figure 2-6. V(on,cold) @ Cycling Current [V] Parameter View

V(on,LP) @ Cycling Current [V]

This view displays the average of the last eight voltage samples, at the user-defined reduced
current, during the special low-current cycles (with regard to cycle numbers).
Figure 2-7. V(on,LP) @ Cycling Current [V] Parameter View

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V(cold) @ Measurement Current [V]

The voltage value measured at the end of the cooling phase (OFF-phase), calculated using linear
regression in log(t) time.
Figure 2-8. V(cold) @ Measurement Current [V] parameter view

V(hot) @ Measurement Current [V]

The voltage value measured after switching the cycling current off (the start of the OFF-phase
of the power cycle), calculated using square root fitting.

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Figure 2-9. V(hot) @ Measurement Current [V] parameter view

T (junction,min) [°C]
The junction temperature measured at the end of the cooling phase.
Figure 2-10. T (junction,min) [°C]

T (junction,max) [°C]
The junction temperature measured after switching the cycling current off.

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Figure 2-11. T (junction,max) [°C]

Figure 2-12. Cycle Waveform View

In Figure 2-12 (which shows the cycle waveform of a device’s voltage), we can see the phases
where the five aforementioned parameter views are obtained.

1. is from where the V(on) @ Cycling Current [V] view is gained; it is the average of the last 8
measured voltage samples before switching off the cycling current.

2. is where V(hot) @ Measurement Current [V] and T (junction,max) [°C] is acquired; after the
cycling current is turned off.

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3. is where V(cold) @ Measurement Current [V] and T (junction,min) [°C] is picked up; at the
end of the cooling phase.

Cycling Current [A]

The value of the cycling current. Cycling current is the load current applied to the DUT during
the ON time of power cycles.
Figure 2-13. Cycling Current [A]

Power Step [W]

This view displays the amount of power dissipation in the device.

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Figure 2-14. Power Step [W]

Normalized ∆T (junction) [°C/W]

This view displays the junction’s temperature swing during a single power cycle normalized by
the power dissipation.
Figure 2-15. Normalized ∆T (junction) [°C/W]

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Gate Current @ Power Off [μA]

This parameter view refers to the value of the DUT’s gate current in power-off state, scaled in
microamperes.
Figure 2-16. Gate Current @ Power Off [μA]

T(case,max) [°C]
This view shows the highest temperaturevalue of the DUT case in regard to a particular cycle.
Figure 2-17. T(case,max) [°C]

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This view is interpretable only if:

• the DUT is positioned above the built-in temperature sensors of the PWT coldplates, and
the Internal Sensor is selected as T(case) temperature source in the Control Software;
• or if the calibrated thermometer on the external channel (Pt100, thermocouple, NTC/
PTC) is secured to the desired position, and the External Channel is selected as T(case)
temperature source in the Control Software.

∆T (case) [°C]
This parameter view shows the swing in the measured DUT’s case temperature, scaled in °C.
This view is interpretable only if:

• the DUT is positioned above the built-in temperature sensors of the PWT coldplates, and
the Internal Sensor is selected as T(case) temperature source in the Control Software;
• or if the calibrated thermometer on the external channel (Pt100, thermocouple, NTC/
PTC) is secured to the desired position, and the External Channel is selected as T(case)
temperature source in the Control Software.
Figure 2-18. ∆T (case) [°C]

Device Baseplate Temperature [°C]

An approximate temperature.

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This serves as back-up for the value measured in T(case,max) [°C]. It is measured in every cycle
at the moment when the load current is switched off. It is always measured by the built-in sensor
of the coldplate regardless of the T(c) source setting in the Control Software.

Figure 2-19. Device Baseplate Temperature [°C]

Coolant Outlet Temperature [°C]

This view shows the cooling liquid’s outlet temperature, scaled in [°C].
Figure 2-20. Coolant Outlet Temperature [°C]

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R(th,jc) [°C/W]
This view displays the junction to case (ambient) heat resistance at a specific thermal
capacitance value.
Figure 2-21. R(th,jc) [°C/W] Parameter View

R(DS,on) [mΩ]
This view displays the on-state channel resistance (V(on)/I(cycl)) measured at the end of the
heating phase in each cycle. This view is only applicable to measurements where MOSFET
devices are measured in saturation mode.

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Figure 2-22. R(DS,on) [mΩ] Parameter View

R(th,jc) = Tj - Tc / P [°C/W]
This view displays the junction to case thermal resistance calculated based on the maximum
junction temperature measured by the reference (case) temperature sensor. This view is
calculated only if an external (case) temperature sensor is assigned to the DUT positions in the
measurement project.
Figure 2-23. R(th,jc) = Tj - Tc / P [°C/W] Parameter View

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V(gate) [V]
This view presents gate voltage in function with cycle numbers if a gate voltage regulation
strategy was used during power cycling.
Figure 2-24. Gate voltage [V]

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Short Term Parameters

In short term parameters, electrical and thermal measurement results are displayed in regard to
one particular cycle. The x-axis therefore is always shown in seconds, referring to the duration
of the actual cycle, or in case of the cooling plot, the time after switching off the high current.
With the help of the slider at the bottom of each view, you may switch between cycles; they are
sorted according to the value you have specified in the PWT Control Software, in the Setup
Power Cycling/Save Interval option.

Tip
You can export short term parameter views into a TXT file or an image, as seen on
Figure 2-25.

Figure 2-25. Export short term views

Device Voltage [V] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Device Voltage @ Measurement Current [V] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Ext. Temperature [°C]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
T (case) [°C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Device Voltage [V]

This parameter view displays the voltage of the DUT.

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Figure 2-26. Device Voltage [V]

Device Voltage @ Measurement Current [V]

This view shows the change of the device voltage under measurement current (cooling phase/
OFF-phase). The x-axis is logarithmic.
In addition to the raw measurement data (depicted with dots), the square root fitting (which is
calculated the voltage/temperature at the instant of switching off the cycling current) is also
shown (depicted with a solid line).

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Figure 2-27. Device Voltage @ Measurement Current [V]

Ext. Temperature [°C]

The temperature measured by the external channel (if there was an external temperature sensor
connected and calibrated).

T (case) [°C]
DUT case temperature shown as a function of time during the actual cycle.
Please refer to T(case,max) [°C] and ∆T (case) [°C].

This view is interpretable only if the DUT is positioned above the built-in temperature sensors
of the PWT coldplates.

Note
Please keep in mind that due to technical reasons, during the acquiring of the T (case) [°C]
and the external channel temperature waveform of the first cycle is not recorded.

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Figure 2-28. T (case) [°C]

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Structure Function

Structure Function
The views found in this subproject are available only if the measurement contained
measurement regarding the thermal resistance.
The first accessible view is always the Rth Measurements; Structure Functions and
Degradation Plot appears only after processing the Rth Measurements (see Process).

If you process an Rth measurements view, the resulting Structure Functions and
Degradation Plot views will remain accessible if you close the Post-Processing Tool and start
it again - it is not necessary to process it one more time.

T(j) raw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Structure Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Cap. R(th,jx) (Degradation Plot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

T(j) raw
The thermal transient recorded during Rth control measurement, according to the settings you
have specified in the PWT Control Software, in Setup Power Cycling/Control Meas./Rth
Measurement.
Please refer to the corresponding Power Tester Measurement Control Software User Guide for
details.

Figure 2-29. T(j) raw

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Structure Functions
The Structure Functions view displays the cumulative heat capacitance (y-axis) in regard to the
cumulative thermal resistance (x-axis).
Figure 2-30. Structure Functions

Cap. R(th,jx) (Degradation Plot)

This views displays the swing in the cumulative thermal resistance with regard to cycle
numbers, at a given thermal capacitance value.
Figure 2-31. Cap. R(th,jx) (Degradation Plot)

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Operation

This section provides a detailed description of the operation of the Power Tester Post-
Processing Tool.
The full list of icons can be found in Icons of the Post-Processing Tool.

Managing Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Opening a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Expanding and Collapsing a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Saving a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Closing a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Icons and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Combine Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Zoom In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Scroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Zoom to Fit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Manual Scale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Meas. X (Measure Along X-axis). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Meas. Y (Measure Along Y-axis). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Clear Meas. (Clear Measurement Lines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Display as T(j) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Init. Corr. Start (Move Initial Correction Start) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Init. Corr. End (Move Initial Correction End) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Annot. Cycle (Annotate Cycle Numbers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Move Interc. (Move Interception Line) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Refr. Cap. R(th,jx) (Refresh Capacitance R(th,jx)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Help /About. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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Managing Projects

Managing Projects
This section provides a description of the management of projects in the Post-Processing Tool.
Opening a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Expanding and Collapsing a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Saving a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Closing a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Opening a Project
This section provides a description of how to open a project.
You can open a project:

• by dragging and dropping the cycling data’s directory exported from the PWT Control
Software in the Post-Processing Tool’s project bar, or by clicking File>Open Cycling
Session, then browsing for the needed project.
• by clicking the .pwt_session file in the cycling results folder created by the Control
Software, in the cycling data’s directory.
It is possible to open multiple projects at the same time.

Expanding and Collapsing a Project

A project and its sub-projects can also be collapsed and expanded, by using the +/- buttons left
to their names.

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Saving a Project

Figure 3-1. Expanding and collapsing projects

Saving a Project
The processed results of the Rth measurement are automatically saved to the project directory.

Closing a Project
If you have finished working on a project, yet want to examine another one, use the +/- button
next to its name to collapse it alongside with its sub-projects.
You may close a project by right-clicking its name in the Project Bar, and choosing Close
Cycling Session, or by selecting the project you would like to close and choosing File > Close
Cycling Session.

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Icons and Operation

Icons and Operation

This section provides a description of the icons on the graphical user interface, and a description
of how to operate the Post-Processing Tool.
Combine Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Zoom In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Scroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Zoom to Fit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Manual Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Meas. X (Measure Along X-axis) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Meas. Y (Measure Along Y-axis) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Clear Meas. (Clear Measurement Lines). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Display as T(j) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Init. Corr. Start (Move Initial Correction Start) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Init. Corr. End (Move Initial Correction End) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Annot. Cycle (Annotate Cycle Numbers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Legend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Move Interc. (Move Interception Line) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Refr. Cap. R(th,jx) (Refresh Capacitance R(th,jx)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Help /About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Combine Data
With the help of this option (also available from File>Combine Cycling Sessions), you are able
to combine measurement data of two or more projects.

Procedure
1. Open two or more projects in the Post-Processing Tool.
2. Click the Combine Data icon.

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Combine Data

3. In the pop-up window, select the projects you want to combine in Data Series. You can
add projects with the help of the Add Series button and remove them with the help of
the Remove Series (marked with red rectangles on Figure 3-2).
Figure 3-2. Adding and removing series

4. In Combined Data Series, you can see the selected projects. By dragging and dropping
them to the desired position, it is possible to arrange them in a sequence which fits your
needs.

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Combine Data

Figure 3-3. Combined Data Series

Figure 3-4. Dragged and dropped project positions

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Zoom In

5. You may choose a target folder using the Browse output path button. In the pop-up
window, choose the desired target folder.

Note
It is advised to create a new folder for the combined project.

6. Click Combine selected series to start the process.

7. The software will notify you when the process is finished. You will have the opportunity
to open the combined project at once, if needed.

Zoom In
The Zoom In option (also available from View) helps to examine certain parts of the views from
a closer angle.

Procedure
Click the Zoom In icon, and with the left mouse-button constantly pushed, select an area on a
view you would like to zoom in.

Scroll
Activating this button will allow you to scroll in the opened project views.

Zoom to Fit
Zoom to fit (also available from View) helps you to fit the actual view to the opened window
after using Zoom In or Scroll.

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Manual Scale

Manual Scale
With manual scale, you can set the axis limits according to your wishes.
Figure 3-5. Manual scale

Meas. X (Measure Along X-axis)

When this button is active, you are able to determine the distance of two measurement points
along the x-axis.

This option is also available from Edit.

Click on a desired point (keep in mind that the first click will not display anything) and click
again on the point in regard you would like to perform the measurement. The software will
indicate the distance with a red rectangle, and the measured points with two red lines as seen on
Figure 3-6.

Right-clicking on the lines will delete them.

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Meas. Y (Measure Along Y-axis)

Figure 3-6. Measure along the X-axis

Meas. Y (Measure Along Y-axis)

When this button is active, you are able to determine the the distance of two measurement
points along the y-axis.

This option is also available from Edit.

Click on a desired point (keep in mind that the first click will not display anything) and click
again on the point in regard you would like to perform the measurement. The software will
indicate the distance with a red rectangle, and the measured points with two red lines as seen on
Figure 3-7.

Right-clicking on the lines will delete them.

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Clear Meas. (Clear Measurement Lines)

Figure 3-7. Measure along the Y-axis

Clear Meas. (Clear Measurement Lines)

Clicking on this button will delete all the measurement lines you have specified in Meas X. and
Meas Y.

This option is also available from Edit.

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Export

Export
Using this option, you can export data from the system.

This option is also available from the Edit menu.

Figure 3-8. Exporting Options

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Export

When exporting Rth measurement data from the system, the following options are available in
the Export menu:

Figure 3-9. Exporting Options - Rth Measurements

Export Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Export All or Currently Shown Rth Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Save Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Copy Image to Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Export Data
Using the Export Data option, you can export long term parameter data from the active
parameter view, in TXT format.
A dialog window opens where you can select the folder to save the data.

Enter the basename of the files to be exported. The data according to each channel is exported
as <basename>_ch<n>_pos<m>.txt, where <basename> is the entered name, and <n> is the
number of the channel (numbering starting at 0). <m> is the number of the position (in cases
where no multiplexer was used, this value is always 0).

Export All or Currently Shown Rth Measurement

Using the Export Currently Shown Rth Measurement option, you can export Rth
measurement data from the active Rth parameter view, in TXT format. The Export All Rth
Measurements option exports all Rth measurement data at the same time.

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Display as T(j)

Select the directory where the exported files will be saved.

Several files will be created with the name <n>_<m>_<cycleno>.par and

<n>_<m>_<cycleno>.raw, where <n> is the channel number (numbering starting at 0 or 1, see
Figure 2-3), and <cycleno> is the number of the power cycle at which the Rth measurement was
done. <m> is the number of the position (numbering starting at 0 or 1). In cases where no
multiplexer was used, this value is always 0.

Save Image
Clicking this option will prompt a dialogue panel in which you can decide where you want to
save the currently active view as an image.

Copy Image to Clipboard

This option makes a screenshot of the currently active view which you can insert into an image
editing software (MS Paint, Photoshop, etc).
You can set the resolution of images to be exported in Edit> Options (see Figure 2-3 on
page 14).

Display as T(j)
This icon has limited availability.
It is only available if the Device Voltage @ Measurement Current [V] parameter view is active
(Short Term Parameters subproject).

This option is also available from Edit.

The x-axis is shown in seconds, referring to the duration of the cooling phase (OFF-phase) of
the actual cycle. The y-axis of the view is scaled in voltage [V], referring to the measured
device’s voltage change. Clicking the Display as T(j) icon, the y-axis will be scaled in [°C],
referring to the change of the junction temperature.

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Init. Corr. Start (Move Initial Correction Start)

Figure 3-10. Effects of clicking the Display as T(j) icon

Init. Corr. Start (Move Initial Correction Start)

The purpose of this function is to help remove parasitic electrical transients superimposed onto
the initial section of measured thermal transients.

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Init. Corr. End (Move Initial Correction End)

This button is only available if the T(j) raw view is active.

This option is also available from Edit.

By clicking on this icon, and holding the left mouse-button, you will be able to move the initial
correction start line in the view, according to your needs.

Figure 3-11. Moving the initial correction start

Init. Corr. End (Move Initial Correction End)

The purpose of this function is to help remove parasitic electrical transients superimposed onto
the initial section of measured thermal transients.
This button is only available if the T(j) raw view is active.

This option is also available from Edit.

By clicking on this icon, and holding the left mouse-button, you will be able to move the initial
correction end line in the view, according to your needs.

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Process

Figure 3-12. Moving the initial correction end

Process
The Process button.

This button is only available if the T(j) raw view is active. After finishing Init. Corr. Start
(Move Initial Correction Start) and Init. Corr. End (Move Initial Correction End), click Process
to receive the Structure Function and the Cap. R(th,jx) (Degradation Plot) views.

This option is also available from Edit.

Please note that depending on the number of Rth measurements made during the power cycling
session, the processing of all the thermal transients may take a substantial amount of time.

During processing, the progress bar and the Cancel button is displayed on the bottom of the
view. You can cancel processing by clicking the Cancel button. After cancelling, only the
already-processed data from the Rth measurements will be available for further post-processing
(in the structure function view and the degradation view). You can start the processing again at
any time.

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Annot. Cycle (Annotate Cycle Numbers)

Annot. Cycle (Annotate Cycle Numbers)

The Annot. Cycle button.
This button is only available if the Structure Functions view is active. By clicking on a point in
a measurement curve, you can determine the cycle number the given point was taken in. The
software will indicate this with a rectangle, showing the number of the cycle.

This option is also available from Edit.

Tip
It is advised to zoom in the parameter view - in this way, it will be easier to determine the
different cycles.

Figure 3-13. Annotated cycle numbers

By right-clicking the rectangles, they will disappear.

Legend
By clicking Legend, a list will appear next to the parameter view, showing the identifying curve
colors alongside with their corresponding cycle numbers.

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Move Interc. (Move Interception Line)

This button (also available as an item in Edit) is only available if the Structure Functions view
is active.

The Legend button can display a maximum of 25 cycles.

Figure 3-14. The Legend

Move Interc. (Move Interception Line)

By clicking Move Interc., you will be able to move the orange interception line in the plot view
to a different value, making the calculation of Degradation Plot possible.
The Cap. R(th,jx) (Degradation Plot) will automatically update when you move the interception
line.

This button (also available as an item in Edit) is only available if the Structure Functions view
is active.

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Refr. Cap. R(th,jx) (Refresh Capacitance R(th,jx))

Figure 3-15. The interception line

Refr. Cap. R(th,jx) (Refresh Capacitance R(th,jx))

The Refr. Cap. R(th,jx) buton.
Use Refr. Cap. R(th,jx) if the Cap. R(th,jx) (Degradation Plot) view is not updated
automatically when you move the interception line with Move Interc. (Move Interception Line);
it will refresh the Cap. R(th,jx) view to its current state.

This button (also available as an item in Edit) is only available if the Structure Functions view
is active.

Help /About
Clicking this button will offer the selection of Help and About; choosing Help will open the
user manual of the software, About displays the software’s version number.

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Help /About

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Icons of the Post-Processing Tool

The table sums up the icons of the Post-Processing Tool.

Table 4-1. Icons of the Post-Processing Tool

Icon Function
Combine Data

Zoom In

Scroll

Zoom to Fit

Manual Scale

Meas. X (Measure Along X-axis)

Meas. Y (Measure Along Y-axis)

Clear Meas. (Clear Measurement Lines)

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Table 4-1. Icons of the Post-Processing Tool (cont.)

Icon Function
Export

Display as T(j)

Init. Corr. Start (Move Initial Correction

Start)

Init. Corr. End (Move Initial Correction

End)

Process

Annot. Cycle (Annotate Cycle Numbers)

Legend

Move Interc. (Move Interception Line)

Refr. Cap. R(th,jx) (Refresh Capacitance

R(th,jx))

Help/About

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Index

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