Applications and Future of Automated and Additive Manufacturing for Power Electronics Components and Converters

Additive manufacturing (AM) techniques have by far been utilized to make 3-D passive components (i.e., resistors, inductors, and capacitors), circuit boards, packages of power electronic devices. This article provides an overview automatic assembling technologies AM applications in converters, as well the advantages limitations each process this area. It shows that direct metal laser sintering offers for inductors with a conductivity 68% International Annealed Copper Standard (IACS) magnetic cores permeability greater than $10\,000$ at 50 Hz. The additive electronics from Nano Dimension show great promise fabricating converter printed boards (PCBs) 25% 50% IACS. thermal management packaging has extensively studied will spark more changes these fields. Besides, potential combination automated systems also discussed, which sets basis future development advanced electronics.