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

For high-end IT and telecom applications, the conventional approach to power conversion involves an AC/DC silver box followed by 12V-to-1.x V synchronous buck converter. This approach has inherent limitations in terms of system efficiency, due to a ... Read more

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Future high power IGBT modules with Reverse Conducting (RC) IGBT technology incorporating an integrated freewheeling diode in the same silicon volume will be capable of providing exceptional electrical performance in terms of the maximum allowable ... Read more