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Cross-Attention Enhanced TCN-Informer Model for MOSFET Temperature Prediction in Motor Controllers

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: To address the challenge that MOSFET temperature in motor controllers is influenced by multiple factors, exhibits strong temporal dependence, and involves complex feature interactions, this study proposes a temperature prediction model that integrates Temporal Convolutional Networks (TCNs) and the Informer architecture in parallel, enhanced with a cross-attention mechanism. The model leverages TCNs to capture local temporal patterns, while the Informer extracts long-range dependencies, and cross-attention strengthens feature interactions across channels to improve predictive accuracy. A dataset was constructed based on measured MOSFET temperatures under various operating conditions, with input features including voltage, load current, switching frequency, and multiple ambient temperatures. Experimental evaluation shows that the proposed method achieves a mean absolute error of 0.2521 °C, a root mean square error of 0.3641 °C, and an R2 of 0.9638 on the test set, outperforming benchmark models such as Times-Net, Informer, and LSTM. These results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach in reducing prediction errors and enhancing generalization, providing a reliable tool for real-time thermal monitoring of motor controllers.

Source: Information

DOI: 10.3390/info16100872

Authors: Changzhi Lv, Wanke Liu, Dongxin Xu, Huaisheng Zhang, Di Fan

Institutions: Shandong University of Science and Technology, Shandong Urban Construction Vocational College

Language: English

Topic: Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies

Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,930

Funders: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province