Save energy with next-generation IGBTs

Keywords: power supply  drive engineering  inverters  IGBT 

Worldwide demand for electrical energy has been growing year by year. Rising energy costs, the need to reduce the greenhouse effect caused by CO2 emissions, and the expectation of limited availability of fossil energy resources in the future all require responsible use of these resources for energy savings. Potentially, large energy saving can be seen in connection with numerous industrial applications, for example, drive engineering or power supply systems.

For this ever-growing market of applications with the latest efficient inverters, special optimized types of power semiconductors are needed. A new generation of 1200V IGBTs combined with improved emitter control diodes provide three optimized chip versions for low-, medium- and high-power IGBT modules that are designed for the needs of modern inverter concepts for different applications.

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