"A" is for Analog and Other Musings on APEC
Mar 1, 2008
Acronyms are a great shorthand for names and titles that are too long to roll off the tongue, or too cumbersome to be repeated in print. Imagine if we...
Unleashing IMPCB Benefits in Motor Controls
Aug 1, 2006
Just around the corner is a new breed of inverter technology for motor-control applications. The limitations of the traditional tried and true, direct-bonded...
Modular Approach Simplifies Power-System Design
May 1, 2006
The introduction of the first ICs in the early 1960s greatly simplified the design and manufacturability of complex electronic circuits by combining many...
New Products: March 2006
Mar 23, 2006
This issue of Power Electronics Technology features analog switches, buck regulator for GPUs, LED driver, SMT inductor/transformer......
Advances in Discrete Semiconductors March On
Sep 1, 2005
The past three decades have heralded the introduction of MOSFETs, IGBTs, silicon, Schottky and silicon-carbide Schottky diodes, as well as continuing advances in high-voltage rectifiers....
Hybrid ICs Drive High-Power IGBT Modules
Mar 1, 2005
A pair of hybrid gate-driver ICs use optocoupling and isolated power supplies in compact, single inline packages to simplify the design of drive circuits for high-power IGBT modules....
Gate-Voltage Control Minimizes EMI from IGBTs
Feb 1, 2004
The power converter has high-voltage and high-current switching waveforms that generate electromagnetic interference (EMI) in the form of both conducted...
Making IGBT Modules Flexible and User-Friendly
Dec 1, 2003
A new platform offers cost-efficient, expandable and flexible IGBT modules. It exploits latest-generation IGBT chip technology to offer optimal power modules for several power systems....
CSTBT Structure Outperforms Conventional IGBTs
Sep 1, 2002
The carrier stored trench-gate bipolar transistor (CSTBT), combined with a light punch through (LTP) structure, provides the optimum combination of low losses and reggedness for industrial power conversion applications....
Compact 48kW Converter Powers X-Ray Machine
Jun 1, 2002
IGBT power modules integrate drivers, isolation, and ZVS logic circuits to lower switching losses, output regulation, and ripple....
