Recent developments in IGBT and FWD (free wheeling diode) devices are enabling designers to achieve higher switching performance, lower electrical losses, and higher temperature operation in high ...

Although they require more complex circuits, three-level inverters are more efficient than their two-level cousins. Effective partitioning simplifies implementation of the three-level configuration.

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 ...

Cambridge GaN Devices has patented a technique for lowering losses in 100kW+ IGBT-based vehicle traction drives, at lower cost than all-silicon-carbide inverters, it said. It involves connecting GaN ...

In the second part of Fairchild's article, authors Sampat Shekhawat and Bob Brockway continue their look at application-specific power semiconductors. In this portion, they discuss IGBT use in motor ...