The IGBT has become the power switch of choice in medium and high power applications. The combination of speed, on-voltage, wide SOA, ease of drive, and relatively small temperature coefficients give the IGBT significant advantages over MOSFET’s and BJT’s.
The growth of IGBTs is rapidly expanding due the massive adoption of variable speed (frequency) motor drives, white goods energy efficiency, the proliferation of renewable inverter applications and advent of electric vehicles. This IGBTs are well suited for welding applications. Incorporated into the device is a soft and fast co−packaged free wheeling diode with a low forward voltage.
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