Infineon introduced its 600V and 1200V High Speed 3 (3rd generation) IGBT product family optimized for high frequency and hard switching applications. The family enables designers of high-frequency applications such as electrical welders, solar inverters, switched mode and uninterruptable power supplies (SMPS and UPS), to get the best performance out of their system. The IGBT family is optimized for applications switching at up to 100kHz.

Total turn-off losses have been reduced by 35% over the previous generation. This reduction in turn-off loss comes from the extremely short tail current time, which has been reduced by 75% and now shows MOSFET turn-off switching behavior. For IGBTs in family with a free wheeling diode, the size of the diode has been optimized for high speed switching, whist maintaining high softness, which brings to the application excellent EMI behaviour.

The RoHS compliant High Speed 3 family is available from 20A to 50A in 600V and 15A to 40A in 1200V and is fully released for volume production. For sample quantities, pricing ranges from EUR 1.90 (600V, 20A) to EUR 5.10 (1200 40A).