Nexperia starts IGBT production, starting at 600V

Nexperia has entered the IGBT market, with a 600V 30A device, to be followed by 40, 50 and 75A types.

“IGBT is a relatively mature technology,” said the company. “Nonetheless, the market for these devices is expected to grow in line with the increased adoption of solar panels and electric vehicle chargers. Nexperia’s 600V IGBTs feature a carrier-stored trench-gate field-stop construction, providing low conduction and switching loss with ruggedness in operating up to 175°C.”

NGW30T60M3DF is the 30A part, optimised for low turn-off losses in hard-switching low-frequency industrial power inverters and servo motor drives (5 – 20kW at up to 20kHz). Short-circuit withstanding time is 5μs.

The scheduled 600V parts are: NGW40T60H3DF (40A), NGW50T60M3DF (50A) and NGW75T60H3DF (75A), with ‘M3’ indicating medium speed (30A version = 60ns turn-on, ~200ns off) and H3 indicating high-speed (40A version = 32ns turn-on, ~100ns off).

“These IGBTs have been designed with tight parameter distributions, allowing multiple devices to connect safely in parallel,” said Nexperia. These IGBTs are also fully rated as soft fast reverse-recovery diodes. This means they are suitable for rectifier and bi-directional circuit applications, or to protect against over-current conditions.”

Packaging is Pb-free TO247-3L, and the parts are HV-H3TRB qualified for outdoor applications.

According to the company, it is also going to introduce 1,200V IGBTs, but has released no other information.

Find Nexperia’s IGBTs here