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We offer you a broad portfolio of efficient semiconductors optimized for motor inverters. You can rely on our intelligent power modules (IPMs) and discretes for smart designs in the low-power range. For medium-power drives, our EasyPIM™, EasyPACK™, and EconoPIM™ modules are the perfect match. Moving on to the high-power spectrum, EconoDUAL™ and PrimePACK™ are the solutions of choice. Combined with the innovative.XT interconnection technology, PrimePACK™ modules can help designers overcome the overrating dilemma as they extend the lifetime by raising thermal and power cycling capabilities.
Motors and their control systems account for almost half of all electricity consumed worldwide. Breaking that down further, around 30% of electricity generated globally is used by industrial drives. Given that the amount of energy consumed by industry is expected to roughly double by 2040, the need for urgent action is evident. Therefore the replacement of motor drives without speed control with smart controlled motors in industrial, consumer and automotive applications is mandatory. New design approaches that adapt the speed and torque of motor drive systems by using inverters hold huge potential to increase efficiency.
Key questions to design your drives inverter
There are five key questions you must always ask. Learn more by discovering the interactive diagram below.
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The five key questions to design a drives inverter
Application
Also check whether your customer has any special requirements, such as: vibration resistance; Long life; high temperatures; very high speed; heatsink type (water or air-cooled); overload conditions as shown in the figures.
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The five key questions to design a drives inverter
Application cont.
In drive applications is the limitation of switching speed due to the limitation of the motor insulation system. Therefore, switching slopes (dv/dt) are restricted to a range of 2 to 10 kV per microsecond (kV/µs) with a typical target of 5 kV/µs.
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The five key questions to design a drives inverter
Current
While motor power classes are standardized, the output currents differ a little from one manufacturer to another. There are many factors that can have an impact here, such as: power factor; motor efficiency; modulation scheme
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The five key questions to design a drives inverter
Voltage
Selecting the right voltage class depends on the grid input voltage. Note that the maximum DC link voltage can have a tolerance of 10%. This value should not exceed two-thirds of the blocking voltage of an IGBT due to cosmic ray reliability.
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The five key questions to design a drives inverter
Topology
Does the application require a brake switch? Let’s take a closer look at the rectifier: is it a single, active frontend or a 3-phase design? If it is a 3-phase rectifier, how is it controlled?
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The five key questions to design a drives inverter
Topology cont.
For drives up to 22 kW, customers typically use PIM modules. In the 30 to 90 kW range, they use sixpack modules or half-bridges. Above 90 kW, they only use half-bridge modules. If designing servo drives, customers typically use sixpack or PIM modules
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The five key questions to design a drives inverter
Frequency
Industrial drives applications usually operate with moderate switching frequencies when compared to other applications. Normally, 4 kilohertz is a typical value. As you can see in the graphic, increased switching frequency can reduce audible noise.
What is the switching frequency?
Highlights of our portfolio include our TRENCHSTOP™ IGBT7 modules, tailored specifically to the needs of drive applications. Ideal for general-purpose drive (GPD) applications, TRENCHSTOP™ IGBT7 devices improve power density, controllability, and overload capability in a variety of proven packages for cost and time gains. For high-speed drives and inverter integration, our CoolSiC™ MOSFETs are an attractive solution as they reduce switching and conduction losses, especially under partial load conditions.
Complementing our power semiconductors, we also offer gate driver ICs for all silicon and silicon carbide (SiC) devices. Our broad EiceDRIVER™ portfolio scales from the 1EDC30I12MH with basic functionality to enhanced models such as 1EDS20I12SV.
For battery-powered applications like automotive brushless DC motors, customers can rely on our wide range of silicon MOSFETs including our OptiMOS™ family. To round out this offering and make your design ready for Industry 4.0, we support rising connectivity needs with iMOTION™, XMC™, and AURIX™ microcontrollers, complemented by OPTIGA™ Trust solutions for the highest security standards. These devices can be combined with sensors from our XENSIV™ family to bring more sensory intelligence to your design and enable innovative features such as predictive maintenance.
To round out this offering and make your design ready for Industry 4.0, we support rising connectivity needs with iMOTION™, XMC™ and AURIX™ microcontrollers, complemented by OPTIGA™ Trust solutions for the highest security standards. These devices can be combined with sensors from our XENSIV™ family to bring more sensory intelligence to your design and enable innovative features such as predictive maintenance.
Whitepaper: the changing face of industrial drives – Infineon’s expertise for your optimal drive systems
The days of overrating a motor for an industrial application and absorbing the increased energy costs, simply to fulfill the desired application lifetime, are over. This whitepaper reviews some of the technologies now available that can bring higher efficiency to low-voltage and robotics.
Application presentation: we drive efficiency in drives - our expertise for your optimal drive systems
We drive efficiency in drives. Our expertise for your optimal drive systems. The presented slide-set from the webinar is also available for download, so you have all the valuable overviews in one PDF.
Webinar: motor control and power solutions for industrial drive systems
Learn about the power semiconductor requirements for industrial drives. See how new IGBT technologies fulfill these requirements for industrial drives. Understand how Infineon responds to the trends in the industrial drives market, e.g. inverter integration with SiC-MOSFETs.
Tutorial with hints to design your drives inverter
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