A power MOSFET is almost invariably used in today's high-frequency power converter applications being a voltage controlled, fast switching and majority-carrier device. However, MOSFET's major ...

It has been assumed that we are approaching the performance limits of silicon-based power electronics. Researchers have now challenged this belief by developing a miniaturized silicon insulated gate ...

IXYS announced an expansion of its 650 V XPT IGBT product portfolio. IXYS announced an expansion of its 650 V XPT IGBT product portfolio. With current ratings ranging from 16 A to 200 A, these new ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fairchild Semiconductor, a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile semiconductor solutions, introduces a series of 1200 V field stop trench ...

With renewable energy technologies focusing on delivering the highest efficiency and reliability, 1200V Trench IGBTs are designed to meet the most demanding of system performance requirements. A new ...

Infineon is shipping a new class of low saturation voltage VCE(sat) IGBTs specifically optimised for low switching frequencies ranging from 50Hz to 20kHz. It calls it the L5 family. Typical ...

MagnaChip has started volume production of an IGBT for power modules targeted at high-voltage industrial applications. The IGBT P-series (“MBW100T120PHF”) has both high current and high voltage ...

A new class of low saturation voltage IGBTs specifically optimised for switching frequencies ranging from 50Hz to 20kHz has been announced by Infineon. Applications for the devices are said to include ...

For inverter applications, such as motor drives, uninterruptible power supplies, switchmode power supplies, high intensity lamp ballasts, and induction heating, the gates of insulated gate bipolar ...

Tokyo, Japan--The difficulty of further increasing the power conversion efficiency of silicon-based components in power electronics seems to indicate that we are reaching the limits of potential ...