Steadily but surely automotive manufacturers are loking to design out the engine driven auxilliary loads such as fuel, water, brake and power steering pumps with electric driven ones... ... Read more

Power Semiconductor modules are offering IGBT modules with ever greater power densities. The limit is represented by the maximum power loss that can be dissipated ... Read more

In 2005, Siemens Drive Technologies introduced the first large inverter using shunts for phase current measuring and brought it into series production. It wasn’t until recently that the power output was extended to 132kW with the new SINAMICS G120 ... Read more

SiC has proven to be a good candidate as a material for next generation power semiconductors. To analyse the advantages of SiC based power devices over their silicon counterparts, a high volume and standard application segment such as the 400 to ... Read more

With the increased power levels of modern wind turbines, medium voltage generation and power conditioning have become a viable solution for this traditionally low voltage application. The continuous development of Bipolar and BiMOS products enables ... Read more

High-power applications such as automotive, wind, solar and standard industrial drives require power modules which fulfil the demand for high reliability, thermal and electrical ruggedness. These demands are met by deploying state-of-the-art ... Read more

A new generation of silicon carbide Schottky diodes in 600 and 1200V blocking voltage class has recently been introduced by Infineon Technologies. A reduction of device capacitances and improved thermal coupling chip to package extend diode ... Read more