Cycle stress test equipment for automated short circuit testing of smart power switches according to the AEC Q100-012 standard

This work was jointly funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour of the Republic of Austria and the Carinthian Economic Promotion Fund (KWF). We dedicate this paper to the late Franz Cepl for initiating and managing the joint development of the ACUTE system with our industrial research partner Infineon technologies, whose contributions are also gratefully acknowledged.