Integrated Power Devices (IPD)

Overview

The integrated power device with added functionalities and best-in-class IGBT performance

Integrated Power Device (IPD) is a new product family at Infineon for the induction heating application. IPD leverages integration and added- functionalies. IEWS20R5135IPB, as the lead product of Integraded Power Device series, co-packed a 1350 V, 20 A IGBT in RC-H5 technology and a unique protection gate driver IC in TO-247 6-pin package, which has the same dimensions and single screw hole as the standard TO-247 3- and 4-pin packages.

The TO-247 6-pin package allows easier handling during manufacturing, as well as less board space. Combined with a simplified application design requiring fewer components, lower BOM costs and reduced design-in effort are possible.

Products

Highlights

Integrated Power Device Protect (IPD Protect) features not only the industry’s best IGBT performance considering blocking voltage, static losses and conduction losses in induction cooktop applications and other soft switching application but also integrated protection functions.

Its original concept provides protection against overvoltage, overcurrent, and overtemperature and additional features such as a unique active clamp control, fault condition notification, and a special two level turn-on gate driving current that reduces significantly the typical high startup peak current. These integrated protection functions provide a simple and robust solution for increased overall system reliability.

The fast growing market of induction heating systems requires ever higher performance and better reliability levels; IPD Protect provides a simple and robust solution with increased overall system reliability to enhance your induction heating products.

Summary of Features	Benefits
Reverse conducting IGBT with monolithic body diode designed for soft commutation Integrated Driver with over-voltage and over-current protection Active clamp control circuit Programmable over-voltage threshold Programmable cycle-by-cycle over-current threshold Integrated gate drive with 2 level turn-on current Temperature warning Over-temperature protection VCC UVLO Integrated ESD protection and latch immunity on all pins TO-247 6-pin package	Increased overall reliability, reducing costs for replacement/rework Reduced board complexity and design-in effort Simplified BOM and reduced cost for the total solution

Summary of Features

Benefits

Reverse conducting IGBT with monolithic body diode designed for soft commutation
Integrated Driver with
- over-voltage and over-current protection
- Active clamp control circuit
- Programmable over-voltage threshold
- Programmable cycle-by-cycle over-current threshold
- Integrated gate drive with 2 level turn-on current
- Temperature warning
- Over-temperature protection
- VCC UVLO
- Integrated ESD protection and latch immunity on all pins
TO-247 6-pin package

Increased overall reliability, reducing costs for replacement/rework
Reduced board complexity and design-in effort
Simplified BOM and reduced cost for the total solution

Potential applications

Reverse Conducting IGBT

The RC-H5 650 V devices have been optimized for the lowest V_CE(sat) for best efficiency and thermal performance, as well as lower E_off for the improved performance in designs with higher switching frequencies. Up to 30% reduction in losses is now possible.

The RC-H5 650 V family offers low power losses, increased blocking voltage and better EMI behavior, plus it can be used in designs which need hard switching capabilities at start up.

The new 30 A, 1600 V RC-H5 completes the latest RC-H5 generation of reverse conducting IGBTs developed and optimized for the rigorous requirements of Induction Cooking applications, offering best-in class efficiency with lower switching and conduction losses for soft switching applications.

The RC-H5 family is offered in three current classes – 20A, 30A and 40A - for blocking voltages of 1200V and 1350V and in 30A for 1600V with high ruggedness and efficiency, excellent thermal performance and lower EMI filtering requirements reducing overall system costs and design efforts.

Whitepaper: Power device choices in the new small home appliance market

Energy efficient, modern-looking, wipe clean and hermetically sealed surfaces are only a few characteristics that a design engineer has to fit into one small home appliance. Infineon offers solutions for the two key areas – induction heating with IPD Protect, a RC-H5 IGBT copacked with a protection gate driver, and motor control solutions using our energy-efficient, integrated power devices CIPOS™ Intelligent Power Modules and iMOTION™ Integrated Design Platform.

Dive deeper and discover more about the changing landscape of the SHA market and enablement of electronic solutions in this free whitepaper!

> Download whitepaper