Alpha and Omega launch new 600V IGBTs ranging from 20A to 60A

29th July 2013

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Alpha and Omega Semiconductor release seven new products in its 600V AlphaIGBT portfolio with high efficiency Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor solutions ranging from 20A to 60A in the TO247 package. These new products are suitable for a wide variety of applications including domestic white goods (air conditioners, refrigerators and washing machines), commercial HVAC systems, photovoltaic inverters, as well as industrial equipment (welding machines, sewing machines and uninterruptible power supplies).

Built with the patent pending AlphaIGBT technology, these IGBTs offer an excellent combination of low VCE(SAT) and EOFF to deliver high efficiency during both the on-state and turn-off stages. These devices also offer twice the short circuit withstand time rating than the leading competitor with comparable VCE(SAT), which helps protect the circuit during fault conditions such as locked rotor or inverter short circuit.

AlphaIGBT solutions offer a very low Qgc/Qge ratio that reduces induced gate voltage spikes in response to dV/dt transients. When it comes to paralleling, these IGBTs have a positive temperature coefficient of VCE(SAT), allowing current to be naturally shared in balance during high temperature operation. Furthermore, the co-packaged anti-parallel diode in each of these devices delivers smooth soft reverse recovery characteristics.

Discrete IGBTs are increasingly used in a variety of medium and high power applications such as motor drives, welding machines, UPS systems, and solar inverters, said Stephen Chang, Director of Product Marketing at AOS. Our latest AlphaIGBTs deliver an optimal trade-off between conduction and switching performance to minimize power losses without compromising short circuit performance.

Technical Highlights:

Part numbers ending in D incorporate an anti-parallel diode optimized for motor drive applications. Part numbers ending in D1 incorporate an anti-parallel diode optimized for welding, solar, and UPS applications.

Availability: The 600V 20A, 30A, 40A, 50A, and 60A AlphaIGBT devices are immediately available in production quantities with a lead-time of 12-14 weeks. All devices are ROHS compliant and 100% Rg tested. Please contact your local AOS representative for pricing.