Power Electronics
IGBTs For Three-Level Inverters Can Meet Energy-Efficient Design Needs 
Jul 1, 2009
When we speak of efficiency, we are referring mainly to electrical efficiency. This usage, however, is a restriction of the meaning of the word efficiency...

Next Generation 600V IGBTs for Power Conversion Applications 
Jun 8, 2009
Next Generation 600V IGBTs for Power Conversion Applications...

Silicon Carbide MOSFETs Challenge IGBTs 
Sep 1, 2008
SiC technology has undergone significant improvements that now allow fabrication of MOSFETs capable of outperforming their Si IGBT cousins, particularly at high power and high temperatures...

Choose Your IGBTs Correctly for Solar Inverter Applications 
Aug 1, 2008
The right combination of high-side and low-side bridge topology can ensure low power dissipation, high current carrying and gate-control benefits of IGBTs...

"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...

More Growth and Specialization Loom Ahead for Power Semiconductors 
Nov 1, 2006
Over the next five years, the power semiconductor market will continue to experience steady growth, with no disruptive device technologies impacting the...

Trench IGBTs Improve Appliance Motor Drives 
Aug 1, 2006
The device physics of DS trench IGBTs translate into higher efficiency in appliance-motor driver applications....

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....

Why Opt for IGBTs in SMPS Applications? 
Jul 1, 2003
Recent advancements and optimized tradeoffs have resulted in much improved IGBT performance....

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