STMicroelectronics and Sanken Announce Strategic Partnership to Develop Intelligent Power Modules for High-Voltage Industrial...
October 26 2020 - 3:00AM
STMicroelectronics and Sanken Announce
Strategic Partnership to Develop Intelligent Power Modules for
High-Voltage Industrial and Automotive Products
- Combined power-device expertise creates superior-performing
modules
- Boosts efficiency, simplicity, and reliability in customer
products
- Engineering samples of industrial IPMs in March 2021 and of
auto-grade IPMs second half of 2021
Geneva, Switzerland, and Saitama, Japan, October 26,
2020 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), STMicroelectronics
(NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across
the spectrum of electronics applications, and Sanken
Electric Co., Ltd (TSE: 6707), a leader in innovative
technology specializing in semiconductor devices, power modules,
and sensors, have collaborated to unleash the performance and
practical advantages of intelligent power modules (IPM) in
high-voltage, high-power equipment designs.
The two companies are developing and will jointly market
650V/50A and 1200V/10A industrial modules, which simplify design
challenges and shrink the bill of materials for HVAC systems,
industrial servo drives, industrial washing machines, and
general-purpose inverters over 3 kW. The ST/Sanken IPM product
roadmap will continue with 650V/50A automotive-grade modules for
high-voltage compressors, pumps, and cooling fans. “With ST and
Sanken contributing their strengths, we can bring these new
high-voltage, high-power IPMs to industrial and automotive markets,
ensuring superior performance, efficiency, and reliability,” said
Masao Hoshino, Director and Head of Device Business Corporate
Headquarters of Sanken. Marco Monti, President, Automotive and
Discrete Group, STMicroelectronics, said, “These new devices extend
our established STPOWER SLLIMM™ portfolio with a High-Power (HP)
product line to address applications over 3 kW and introduce our
first automotive-grade IPMs that permit sleeker designs and greater
reliability.” IPMs let designers replace traditional power circuits
built using discrete components with a compact, integrated device
that simplifies circuit layout and PCB design. This helps
accelerate time to market and improve cost-effectiveness and
reliability. Leveraging easier manufacturing, faster assembly, and
bill-of-materials savings, designers of high-voltage equipment can
create new generations of power products that are space-saving,
economical, energy-efficient, and robust.
Engineering samples of the industrial IPMs will be available in
March 2021 and production will begin soon afterwards. Samples of
the automotive-grade devices will be available in second half of
2021.
Further technical information:
The new IPMs integrate a complete inverter stage including six
short-circuit rugged IGBTs with freewheeling diodes, associated
high-side and low-side gate drivers in a single package designed
optimally for thermal efficiency. Ready to operate in hard
switching up to 20 kHz, the modules also contain built-in features
for protection and control. These include bootstrap diodes,
short-circuit protection, under-voltage lockout protection for gate
drivers, a 100 kΩ thermistor for temperature monitoring, and a
comparator for fault protection.
Additional benefits that simplify design for users and enhance
safety and reliability include:
- 3.3V/5V TTL/CMOS-compatible inputs with hysteresis
- Shutdown input and Fault output
- Separate open-emitter outputs
- Very fast, soft-recovery diodes
- Fully isolated package with isolation rating of
2500Vrms/min
About STMicroelectronicsAt ST, we are 46,000
creators and makers of semiconductor technologies mastering the
semiconductor supply chain with state-of-the-art manufacturing
facilities. An independent device manufacturer, we work with our
100,000 customers and thousands of partners to design and build
products, solutions, and ecosystems that address their challenges
and opportunities, and the need to support a more sustainable
world. Our technologies enable smarter mobility, more efficient
power and energy management, and the wide-scale deployment of the
Internet of Things and 5G technology. Further information can be
found at www.st.com.
About SankenSanken Electric’s mission as a
company is to provide optimal solutions in the broad and expansive
field of electricity and electronics with semiconductors, our core
business, power electronics and peripheral fields. We provide
products globally for the increasingly electrified automotive
industry, as well as for white goods and industrial equipment,
which are becoming more energy efficient as demand for electricity
increases. Sanken Electric works to constantly innovate its
technological capabilities and provides products of assured quality
to help solve global environmental and social issues and further
develop industry, the economy and culture. Further information can
be found at www.sanken-ele.co.jp/en/.
For Press Information Contact: Michael
Markowitz Director Technical Media Relations STMicroelectronics
Tel: +1 781 591 0354 Email: michael.markowitz@st.com Akihiro Goto /
Takuya Iwata Finance and Investor Relations Division Sanken
Electric Co., Ltd. Tel: +81 48 472 1111
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