Fairchild’s New 1200V Smart Power Modules Deliver Amazing Thermal Performance for Industrial Motor Control

Fairchild’s latest Smart Power Modules (SPM) integrate critical power management silicon components to help reduce board space and heatsink sizes, resulting in a compact, all-in-one solution for up to 7.5kW, high-voltage designs. Fairchild used the same Direct Bonding Copper (DBC) packaging technologies originally developed for space applications to deliver a junction-to-case thermal resistance that is 15% lower than competing solutions. It also improves overall system reliability for much smoother motor control functions in products such as industrial-grade heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment, as well as pumps and factory automation systems.

In a single, rugged package, the Motion SPM 2 series for 1200V 3-phase inverterdesigns with currents of up to 35A integrates the following:

• 1200V NPT Trench IGBTs
• Bootstrap Diodes
• Low-voltage and High-voltage Driver ICs
• NTC Thermister
• Full protection suite

 “Inverter systems can control motor speed and power according to load conditions, which can result in 30-50% energy savings compared to non-inverter fixed speed control,” said Taehoon Kim, Vice President, High-Voltage Solutions, Fairchild. “We built the 1200V SPM 2 series so that customers can have better functionality with ease of design, all while offering best-in-class thermal performance and ruggedness for demanding environmental conditions.”

Fairchild is exhibiting at electronica, A4.506. Technical experts are available to discuss and answer questions about the 1200V Motion SPM 2 and other energy efficient solutions.