Servo motor drive and control
For applications ranging from several hundred watts to several hundred-kilo watts
A servo drive is used to power electric servomechanisms by receiving a command signal from a control system, amplifying it, and transmitting the electric current to a servo motor. It allows producing motion that is proportional to the command signal. A servo drive monitors the mechanism's feedback signal. It also continually adjusts in case of deviation from the expected behavior. With this feedback, the commanded motion's accuracy can be ensured, and unwanted motion can be detected. A unique characteristic of the servo motor is that it consumes power while rotating to the desired position and then rests upon arrival.
Infineon offers you a broad portfolio of semiconductors for your servo motor design ranging from several hundred watts to several hundred-kilo watts applications. Our products are specially designed for use in Robotics, Material handling or machine tools, and many more to reach high reliability, longer lifecycle, high position accuracy, and fast response without overshoot.
Infineon offers you the tailor-made solution for your servo drives application with a wide variety of package types. In the lower power range up to 3 KW IPM, discrete and modules can be used. In this power range, silicon carbide MOSFETs offer optimal solutions for integrated drives. Alternatively, our IGBT7 technology is optimally designed for servo drives. With increasing motor power the share of modules for power semiconductors increases. Our Easy, Econo, EconoDUAL™3 and PrimePACK™ families offer customized solutions for every motor power class. Our new advanced H2S protection is the right answer for the highest requirements in terms of pollutant gas robustness. If you aim a longer lifetime the PrimePACK™.XT portfolio is your choice.
For high-speed drives and inverter integration, our CoolSiC™ MOSFETs are an attractive solution because they reduce switching and conduction losses, especially under partial load conditions. Our broad EiceDRIVER™ portfolio scales from basic to advanced functionality. The EiceDRIVER™ X3 Enhanced isolated gate driver portfolio now includes the X3 Analog 1ED34xx family and the X3 Digital 1ED38xx family with DESAT, Miller Clamp, soft-off, and I2C configurability.
Servo drives require the highest standards of control accuracy. Our 32-bit XMC™ industrial microcontrollers based on Arm® Cortex®-M as well as the 32-bit AURIX™ Microcontroller based on TriCore™ offer optimally matched solutions. For Industry 4.0 connectivity, we offer 32-bit Arm® Cortex®-M4 Cortex-M0+ PSoC® 6 microcontrollers in conjunction with OPTIGA™ Trust security solutions. In addition, our high-performance memories for embedded systems offer high flexibility regarding the required memory performance.
SiC MOSFETs for servo drives
With more automation being used across industries, there is a correspondingly increased demand for servo motors. Their ability to combine precise motion control with high torque levels makes them the perfect fit for automation and robotics.
Using its manufacturing expertise and long experience, Infineon has developed a SiC trench technology that offers higher performance than the IGBT but with comparable robustness, e.g., short-circuit time of 2 µs or even 3 µs. Infineon's CoolSiC™ MOSFETs also address potential problems inherent in SiC devices, such as unwanted capacitive turn-on. Furthermore, the SiC MOSFETs are available in the industry-standard TO247-3 package, and now with even better switching performance, in the TO247- 4 package. Besides these TO-packages, the SiC MOSFET is also available in Easy 1B and Easy 2B packages.
The 1200 V CoolSiC™ MOSFET offers up to 80% lower switching losses than the corresponding IGBT alternative, with the additional advantage of the losses being independent of temperature.
As a result, a drive solution using CoolSiC™ MOSFET technology can achieve as much as a 50% reduction in losses (assuming similar dv/dt), based on lower recovery, turn-on, turn-off, and on-state losses. The CoolSiC™ MOSFET also has lower conduction losses than an IGBT, especially under light-load conditions.
In addition to the overall higher efficiency and lower losses, the higher switching frequencies enabled by SiC technology directly benefit both external and integrated servo drives in more dynamic control environments. It is possible due to the faster response of the motor current under changing motor load conditions.
The online power simulation program for loss and thermal calculation of Infineon power modules and disk devices.
A three-phase motor drive inverter system is implemented to simulate the power loss and junction temperature of each device at the given static load conditions.
A three-phase motor drive inverter system is implemented to simulate the power loss and junction temperature of each device inside IPM at the given static load conditions.
Webinar: CoolSiC™ - the perfect solution for servo drives
Silicon Carbide MOSFETs are a perfect match for servo drives? That’s right! This special #webinar reveals why compares performance levels of IGBTs versus SiC MOSFETs and explains the benefits of using Infineon’s.XT interconnection technology.
Application presentation: we drive efficiency in drives - our expertise for your optimal drive systems
This detailed presentation will give an overview of the extensive product portfolio for industrial drive applications. The advantages of IGBT 7 technology, as well as Silicon Carbide solutions, are also presented. Everything in one document, including further links.
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.
GPD reference board with Easy3B IGBT7 and XENSIV™ current sensor
The REF_22k_GPD-INV_Easy3B GPD Reference Design Kit provides industry’s best performance by using Infineon’s newest technologies. The power module is the new Easy3B FP100R12W3T7_B11 populated with the newest TRENCHSTOP™ IGBT7 technology in PIM configuration. For enhanced control of the IGBT7, the galvanically isolated single-channel gate driver 1ED3131MC12H with low inductive losses is used enabling an additional gain in efficiency of up to 0.5 percent.
Industrial drives demonstrator using XENSIV™ magnetic current sensor
Infineon presents its new industrial drives demonstrator using XENSIV™ magnetic current sensor TLI4971 for general purpose drives up to 22 kW including microcontroller, sensor, power module EconoPIM™ 2 & auxiliary power supply
EconoDUAL™ with TRENCHSTOP™ IGBT7
The EconoDUAL™ IGBT module is one of the most popular IGBT packages worldwide and is used in many different applications, such as General Purpose Drives; Commercial, Construction and Agricultural Vehicles as well as eBus; Solar; Wind; Traction; UPS and finally, Transmission and Distribution.In the latest module generation it is now feasible to increase the module current to 900 A. This is possible through the new IGBT7 technology enabling a higher power density and reduced BoM costs.
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This training will introduce you to how the CoolSiC™ will help to design the next generation of servo drives.
Tutorial about how to select reliable and efficient solutions regarding the requirements for industrial drives. We take a look on the key questions of power, voltage, topology, and frequency related to your application.
In this training you will:
- Understand the basics of the technology used by Infineon’s new TLI4971 current sensor
- Identify its main features, advantages, and benefits