Electronic Design

Hybrid Circuits Optimize Gate Drive and Protect High Power IGBT Modules

Local power that is available for protection circuits, such as desaturation detection. Among the disadvantages of this type of driver are the cost, complexity and board space required for all the ...
EDN

IGBT gate driver handles 8 A

Part of Power Integrations’ Scale-iDriver family of galvanically isolated single-channel IGBT and MOSFET gate drivers, the SID1183K supports IGBT blocking voltages of up to 1700 V used in 400 VAC and ...
Digi Times

Diode maker Actron to expand capacity for automotive IGBT

Diode maker Actron Technology will start constructing a new plant dedicated to producing automotive insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBT) in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan around mid-2019. Actron's IGBT ...
Electronics Weekly

Infineon sampling single-chip IGBT and diode

Infineon is sampling a 6.5 kV power module that features IGBT and freewheeling diode functionality integrated into a single chip. This RCDC (Reverse Conducting IGBT with Diode Control) chip is for ...
EDN

Cost-effective IGBT Gate Drive Design

The ACPL-337J is an advanced highly integrated gate drive optocoupler, designed to ISOLATE, DRIVE, PROTECT and FEEDBACK the IGBT’s operational status. It has a rail-to-rail output that can deliver 4A ...
Electronic Design

IGBT, Diode Evolution Impacts Design Of High Power Density Inverter Modules

Fifth generation technology improves the characteristics of fourth generation IGBT and (free-wheeling diode) FWD devices, both switching behavior and electrical losses are improved. Furthermore, an ...