Designing and building power semiconductor modules requires a broad‎,‎ interdisciplinary base of knowledge and experience‎,‎ ranging from semiconductor materials and technologies‎,‎ thermal management‎,‎ and soldering to environmental constraints‎,‎ inspection techniques‎,‎ and statistical process control‎.‎ This diversity poses a significant challenge to engineers‎,‎ and a book that brings together the essential elements of these technologies is long overdue‎.‎ Power Electronic Modules‎:‎ Design and Manufacture fills that void‎.‎ It covers not only the basic technologies‎,‎ but also the latest advances in these areas‎.‎ Organized into three main sections‎,‎ coverage begins with discussions on the materials used and their key properties‎,‎ including a comparison of those properties with the requirements of high‎-performance‎,‎ cost‎-effective power modules and the pros and cons of selected materials‎.‎ The focus then shifts to manufacturing processes and quality control‎.‎ The authors outline each key manufacturing operation and its corresponding inspection techniques and include two detailed manufacturing flow charts‎,‎ one for the standard approach and one for a new all‎-solder approach‎.‎The final section of the book examines actual samples based on four different designs‎.‎ The authors compare these samples in terms of thermal‎-electrical performance‎,‎ thermal‎-mechanical performance‎,‎ physical characteristics‎,‎ and cost‎.‎ The growing importance of power modules has led to numerous but scattered journal and conference articles‎.‎ Clearly written‎,‎ authoritative‎,‎ and well organized‎,‎ this is a practical‎,‎ up‎-to‎-date reference that forms a unique‎,‎ one‎-stop handbook for their design and manufacture‎.‎