New Industry Products

Dynex Semiconductor Releases 3,300V IGBTs

September 04, 2001 by Jeff Shepard

Dynex Semiconductor announced the release of new high-power 3,300V IGBT semiconductors packaged in industry-standard isolated module outlines.

Dynex's IGBTs are ideal for new applications in electric urban and high-speed rail systems. The products were originally developed to meet the extremely demanding

electrical and environmental standards of the railway traction industries, and so are ideal for industrial motor drives, power supplies and power-conversion products. The new high-power versions have already been ordered

in prototype quantities and are now being released into production.

"This product release is in line with the product development roadmap we put together at the beginning of the year. We are continuing to make progress with new product launches where we are seeing the best long-term market demand for our technologies," said Dynex CTO Dr. Paul Taylor.

The first products to be released are a 3,300V, 800A single-switch IGBT module with a 130mm x 140mm footprint, and a 3,300V, 1,200A single-switch IGBT module with a 140mm x 190mm footprint. The packages achieve 6,000V

isolation and the IGBT switches have a full 10 microsecond short-circuit withstand rating.