This paper presents a novel 3-phase IGBT module called the SPM (Smart Power Module). This is a new design developed to provide a very compact, low cost, high perfor- mance and reliable motor drive ...

Westcode Semiconductors Ltd, a division of the IXYS Corp, announced a high voltage IGBT gate drive unit (GDU) designed to complement their range of high voltage press-pack IGBTs and standard IGBT ...

While punch throughs (PTs) are the preferred power device for a growing segment of industrial power conversion applications requiring operation from ac line voltages of 575Vac to 690Vac, historically, ...

Development engineers working on the design of cost-efficient power electronic converters used in electrical drives, UPSs, welding machines or inductive heating systems depend on reliable and robust ...

Size and power often seem like opposite sides of a coin. When you reduce size – one of the ever-pressing goals in our industry – you inevitably reduce power. But does that have to be the case? By ...