IXYS Corp., a developer of technology-driven products that improves power conversion efficiency, generates solar and wind power and provides efficient motor control for industrial applications, has announced that its wholly owned U.K. subsidiary, Westcode Semiconductors Ltd., has developed a higher current rating for the smallest devices in its 6.5kV thyristor family. The new 6.5kV device has a nominal RMS current rating of 890A – 20% more than the established prior product. The improved product is encapsulated in the same 34 millimeter pole-face hermetic pressure contact package.
‘The new devices, which have an improved thermal resistance, are offered alongside our established lower-current rated devices as a higher performance option,’ says Frank Wakeman, marketing and technical support manager at Westcode. ‘The increased current rating allows for the design of more compact systems where an operational current rating would have required a larger package device to have been used, thereby reducing material usage, weight and system cost.’
According to the company, these devices are ideally suited for medium-voltage applications, particularly where series operation of the devices is required. Typical applications include high-power DC drives, soft-starts, utility applications such as HVDC and static VAR compensators, and excitation and transfer switches.
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SOURCE: IXYS Corp
