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Electronic components meeting quality specifications established by the Automotive Electronics Council (AEC) are suitable for automotive use without additional component-level qualification testing. Most commonly referenced AEC documents include:

• AEC-Q100 - Failure Mechanism Based Stress Test Qualification For Integrated Circuits
• AEC-Q101 - Failure Mechanism Based Stress Test Qualification For Discrete Semiconductors

Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL) is a risk classification scheme defined by the ISO 26262 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles standard. This is an adaptation of the Safety Integrity Level (SIL) used in IEC 61508 for the automotive industry. ASIL certified devices enable implementation of ASIL traction inverter designs, dramatically reducing development time and cost.

Power Integrations offers a wide range of automotive qualified devices:

InnoSwitch3-AQ Flyback Switcher ICs
The InnoSwitch3-AQ Family of switcher ICs dramatically simplifies the design and manufacture of flyback power converters, particularly those requiring high efficiency and compact size. It's available with 1700 V SiC, 900 V PowiGaN, 750 V silicon or 900 V silicon options.

LinkSwitch-TN2Q High Voltage Offline Switcher ICs
LinkSwitch-TN2 family of ICs provides significant reduction in component count compared to traditional discrete solutions. Designs using the integrated devices are highly reliable without the use of opto isolators.

Qspeed Diodes
Qspeed diodes have the lowest QRR of any Silicon diode. Their recovery characteristics increase efficiency, reduce EMI and eliminate snubbers. These features help designers improve the performance of their power conversion circuits.

SCALE-iDriver Gate Driver ICs
The SCALE-iDriver Family of gate driver ICs, optimized for driving IGBTs, traditional MOSFETs and SiC MOSFETs bring PI’s FluxLink magneto-inductive bi-directional communications technology to 1200 V driver applications.

SCALE EV Gate-Driver Boards
The SCALE EV family gate-driver boards are automotive-qualified dual-channel plug-and-play drivers for both silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs and silicon IGBTs.

See live demos and meet our technical experts at Booth 9-325.

The new SCALE-iFlex XLT family of dual-channel plug-and-play gate drivers is designed specifically for LV100 (Mitsubishi), XHP™ 2 (Infineon), HPnC (Fuji) and equivalent “new dual” style IGBT modules. Supporting up to 2300 V blocking voltage, these single-board drivers enhance system utilization and reliability for energy storage systems and renewable energy installations.

Each compact SCALE-iFlex XLT driver board fits neatly within the outline of the module, providing converter system designers with greater mechanical design freedom. Built with PI’s advanced SCALE-2 chipset, the new devices minimize component count, further boosting reliability. They also offer robust protection for power switches, ensuring system safety and durability.

The full-featured drivers incorporate Negative Temperature Coefficient (NTC) data reporting, enabling isolated and accurate temperature measurement of the power module. This allows for optimal thermal management and potentially increases converter power by up to 30% with the same hardware. Additionally, the isolated NTC readout simplifies hardware by eliminating the need for multiple cables, connectors and extra isolation barrier crossing circuits.

See live demos and meet our technical experts at Booth 9-426. In addition, you can also see our highly integrated gate driver products in action by visiting our partners at PCIM Europe:

HY-LINE: Hall 7, Stand 108

• SCALE-iFlex XLT
• SCALE-iFlex LT NTC dual gate drivers with Negative Temperature Coefficient (NTC) sensing
• 2SP0230 SCALE-2 plug-and-play gate drivers for 62mm SiC-MOSFET and Si-IGBT modules

Mitsubishi Electric: Hall 7, Stand 409

• SCALE-iFlex LT NTC, 2SP0230
• SCALE-iFlex Single gate drivers for electric railway applications up to 3000 V
• 2SP0115T SCALE-2 dual-channel gate drivers for 17 mm IGBT modules up to 1700 V

Hitachi Energy: Hall 9, Stand 302

• 1SP0351 SCALE-2 compact single-channel gate drivers for 4500 V Press Pack IGBT (PPI) modules

Hitachi Europe: Hall 9, Stand 342

SCALE-iFlex Single

Power Integrations is announcing during PCIM Europe its enhanced hardware-software bundle for brushless DC motors (BLDC) with BridgeSwitch-2, a new high-voltage integrated half-bridge (IHB) motor-driver IC family targeting applications up to 1 HP (746 W).

The new ICs, which feature high- and low-side drivers and advanced FREDFETs with integrated lossless current sensing, deliver inverter efficiency of up to 99 percent. The IHB architecture eliminates hot spots, which increases design flexibility and reliability, slashes component count and saves PCB area.

BridgeSwitch-2 is supported by Power Integrations’ MotorXpert software suite, which includes single-phase trapezoidal control and three-phase sensor-less Field Oriented Control (FOC) modules, speeding inverter development.

BridgeSwitch-2 ICs handle operational exceptions in hardware, which permits the use of IEC 60730 Class A safety software, reducing certification time by months. Quiescent BLDC inverters can be ordered into sleep-mode, reducing driver power consumption to less than 10 mW; this leaves more power available under regulated standby power limits to be allocated for loads such as network access and monitoring.

Cristian Ionescu-Catrina, product marketing manager at Power Integrations, said during PCIM Europe: “The low standby consumption of BridgeSwitch-2-based motor drives enables designers to meet new and emerging EU ERP regulations. BridgeSwitch-2 ICs are also far more efficient than IGBT based IPMs across the entire load range.” He continued: “From startup to performance optimization, the GUI-based tool, terminal emulator and MISRA C-compliant code library of MotorXpert greatly simplifies the design process, allowing the motor architecture to be optimized in real-time without repeated firmware updates. BridgeSwitch-2 is microprocessor agnostic, easing its adoption into existing systems – this is important as engineers update designs to meet more stringent standby regulations.”

BridgeSwitch-2 ICs address a power range of 30 to 746 W (1 HP), encompassing a broad range of applications including heat exchanger fans, refrigerator compressors, fluid and circulation pumps, gas boiler combustion fans, washing machine drums and kitchen blenders and mixers. The IHB architecture reduces component count by 50% and PCB space by 30% over discrete designs by eliminating shunt resistors and associated signal conditioning circuits. Shunt losses are also eliminated, improving efficiency. Precise motor control is achieved with the built-in real-time reporting of phase current (IPH) information. Accurate turn-on/off gate drive and a soft-body diode result in a typical EMI profile 10 dB lower than existing drivers, so a smaller EMI filter can be selected.

BridgeSwitch-2 ICs feature built-in DC overvoltage protection and current limits that protect the inverter and the system without relying on system software. The choice of error-flag or comprehensive fault bus reporting supports a range of system requirements. Emerging use-cases like failure prediction are now possible with the high accuracy of the built-in IPH information and comprehensive reporting via the fault bus. BridgeSwitch-2 motor drives use built-in, hardware-based low- and high-side over-current protection to meet IEC 60335-1 Class A requirements. BridgeSwitch-2 also works without an auxiliary power supply, further reducing PCB area and component count.

See live demos and meet our technical experts at Booth 9-426.

InnoMux-2 Off-Line Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS) Flyback Switcher IC for Multi-Output Applications:

• InnoMux2-EP - Up to Three CV Outputs or One CV & One CC Output for a Dimmable LED String
• InnoMux2-BL - One CV and up to Four CC Outputs for Dimmable LED Strings in Monitors or Display Panels

Most modern electronic systems rely on multiple internal voltages to operate various functions such as computing, communication and actuation function – typically heat, light, sound or motion of some kind. But losses in each conversion stage are compounded, degrading system performance and generating heat.

The InnoMux-2 IC overcomes this challenge by providing up to three independently regulated voltage outputs or two voltage output and a constant current output from a single stage, achieving a compact and efficient power sub-system with low component count.

The InnoMux-2 family of single-stage, independently regulated multi-output offline power-supply ICs consolidate AC-DC and downstream DC-DC conversion stages into a single chip, providing up to three independently regulated outputs for use in white goods, industrial systems, displays and other applications requiring multiple voltages.

Elimination of separate DC-DC stages slashes component count, reduces PCB footprint and increases efficiency by as much as 10 percentage points compared to traditional two-stage architectures. Efficiency is aided by the ICs’ 750 V PowiGaN gallium-nitride transistors, zero-voltage switching (without an active clamp) and synchronous rectification.

Highlights

• Single-stage power conversion for high efficiency
• Eliminates post-regulators
  • Up to 10% higher efficiency
  • Low component count
  • Less than 50 mW no-load consumption
• Up to three independently regulated outputs
  • Constant voltage and constant current outputs
  • Less than ±1% combined load/line/cross regulation

See live demos and meet our technical experts at Booth 9-426.

Electronic components meeting quality specifications established by the Automotive Electronics Council (AEC) are suitable for automotive use without additional component-level qualification testing. Most commonly referenced AEC documents include:

• AEC-Q100 - Failure Mechanism Based Stress Test Qualification For Integrated Circuits
• AEC-Q101 - Failure Mechanism Based Stress Test Qualification For Discrete Semiconductors

Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL) is a risk classification scheme defined by the ISO 26262 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles standard. This is an adaptation of the Safety Integrity Level (SIL) used in IEC 61508 for the automotive industry. ASIL certified devices enable implementation of ASIL traction inverter designs, dramatically reducing development time and cost.

Power Integrations offers a wide range of automotive qualified devices:

InnoSwitch3-AQ Flyback Switcher ICs
The InnoSwitch3-AQ Family of switcher ICs dramatically simplifies the design and manufacture of flyback power converters, particularly those requiring high efficiency and compact size. It's available with 1700 V SiC, 900 V PowiGaN, 750 V silicon or 900 V silicon options.

LinkSwitch-TN2Q High Voltage Offline Switcher ICs
LinkSwitch-TN2 family of ICs provides significant reduction in component count compared to traditional discrete solutions. Designs using the integrated devices are highly reliable without the use of opto isolators.

Qspeed Diodes
Qspeed diodes have the lowest QRR of any Silicon diode. Their recovery characteristics increase efficiency, reduce EMI and eliminate snubbers. These features help designers improve the performance of their power conversion circuits.

SCALE-iDriver Gate Driver ICs
The SCALE-iDriver Family of gate driver ICs, optimized for driving IGBTs, traditional MOSFETs and SiC MOSFETs bring PI’s FluxLink magneto-inductive bi-directional communications technology to 1200 V driver applications.

SCALE EV Gate-Driver Boards
The SCALE EV family gate-driver boards are automotive-qualified dual-channel plug-and-play drivers for both silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs and silicon IGBTs.

See live demos and meet our technical experts at Booth 9-325.

The new SCALE-iFlex XLT family of dual-channel plug-and-play gate drivers is designed specifically for LV100 (Mitsubishi), XHP™ 2 (Infineon), HPnC (Fuji) and equivalent “new dual” style IGBT modules. Supporting up to 2300 V blocking voltage, these single-board drivers enhance system utilization and reliability for energy storage systems and renewable energy installations.

Each compact SCALE-iFlex XLT driver board fits neatly within the outline of the module, providing converter system designers with greater mechanical design freedom. Built with PI’s advanced SCALE-2 chipset, the new devices minimize component count, further boosting reliability. They also offer robust protection for power switches, ensuring system safety and durability.

The full-featured drivers incorporate Negative Temperature Coefficient (NTC) data reporting, enabling isolated and accurate temperature measurement of the power module. This allows for optimal thermal management and potentially increases converter power by up to 30% with the same hardware. Additionally, the isolated NTC readout simplifies hardware by eliminating the need for multiple cables, connectors and extra isolation barrier crossing circuits.

See live demos and meet our technical experts at Booth 9-426. In addition, you can also see our highly integrated gate driver products in action by visiting our partners at PCIM Europe:

HY-LINE: Hall 7, Stand 108

• SCALE-iFlex XLT
• SCALE-iFlex LT NTC dual gate drivers with Negative Temperature Coefficient (NTC) sensing
• 2SP0230 SCALE-2 plug-and-play gate drivers for 62mm SiC-MOSFET and Si-IGBT modules

Mitsubishi Electric: Hall 7, Stand 409

• SCALE-iFlex LT NTC, 2SP0230
• SCALE-iFlex Single gate drivers for electric railway applications up to 3000 V
• 2SP0115T SCALE-2 dual-channel gate drivers for 17 mm IGBT modules up to 1700 V

Hitachi Energy: Hall 9, Stand 302

• 1SP0351 SCALE-2 compact single-channel gate drivers for 4500 V Press Pack IGBT (PPI) modules

Hitachi Europe: Hall 9, Stand 342

SCALE-iFlex Single

Power Integrations is announcing during PCIM Europe its enhanced hardware-software bundle for brushless DC motors (BLDC) with BridgeSwitch-2, a new high-voltage integrated half-bridge (IHB) motor-driver IC family targeting applications up to 1 HP (746 W).

The new ICs, which feature high- and low-side drivers and advanced FREDFETs with integrated lossless current sensing, deliver inverter efficiency of up to 99 percent. The IHB architecture eliminates hot spots, which increases design flexibility and reliability, slashes component count and saves PCB area.

BridgeSwitch-2 is supported by Power Integrations’ MotorXpert software suite, which includes single-phase trapezoidal control and three-phase sensor-less Field Oriented Control (FOC) modules, speeding inverter development.

BridgeSwitch-2 ICs handle operational exceptions in hardware, which permits the use of IEC 60730 Class A safety software, reducing certification time by months. Quiescent BLDC inverters can be ordered into sleep-mode, reducing driver power consumption to less than 10 mW; this leaves more power available under regulated standby power limits to be allocated for loads such as network access and monitoring.

Cristian Ionescu-Catrina, product marketing manager at Power Integrations, said during PCIM Europe: “The low standby consumption of BridgeSwitch-2-based motor drives enables designers to meet new and emerging EU ERP regulations. BridgeSwitch-2 ICs are also far more efficient than IGBT based IPMs across the entire load range.” He continued: “From startup to performance optimization, the GUI-based tool, terminal emulator and MISRA C-compliant code library of MotorXpert greatly simplifies the design process, allowing the motor architecture to be optimized in real-time without repeated firmware updates. BridgeSwitch-2 is microprocessor agnostic, easing its adoption into existing systems – this is important as engineers update designs to meet more stringent standby regulations.”

BridgeSwitch-2 ICs address a power range of 30 to 746 W (1 HP), encompassing a broad range of applications including heat exchanger fans, refrigerator compressors, fluid and circulation pumps, gas boiler combustion fans, washing machine drums and kitchen blenders and mixers. The IHB architecture reduces component count by 50% and PCB space by 30% over discrete designs by eliminating shunt resistors and associated signal conditioning circuits. Shunt losses are also eliminated, improving efficiency. Precise motor control is achieved with the built-in real-time reporting of phase current (IPH) information. Accurate turn-on/off gate drive and a soft-body diode result in a typical EMI profile 10 dB lower than existing drivers, so a smaller EMI filter can be selected.

BridgeSwitch-2 ICs feature built-in DC overvoltage protection and current limits that protect the inverter and the system without relying on system software. The choice of error-flag or comprehensive fault bus reporting supports a range of system requirements. Emerging use-cases like failure prediction are now possible with the high accuracy of the built-in IPH information and comprehensive reporting via the fault bus. BridgeSwitch-2 motor drives use built-in, hardware-based low- and high-side over-current protection to meet IEC 60335-1 Class A requirements. BridgeSwitch-2 also works without an auxiliary power supply, further reducing PCB area and component count.

See live demos and meet our technical experts at Booth 9-426.