News Release
Fuji Electric Releases V-Series Intelligent Power Modules Equipped with 6th-Generation IGBT Chips and Capable of the Highest Efficiency in the Industry

June 29,2011
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.

Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. announces the release of V-Series Intelligent Power Modules (IPMs), which are fitted with Fuji Electric’s latest 6th-generation insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) chips to greatly reduce power loss.

Fuji Electric announced that it had developed the V-Series of 6th-generation IGBT chips in April 2010. With the development of the V-Series of IPMs fitted with the 6th-generation IGBT chips, the Company is moving ahead with a series of sales releases as detailed in the chart below.

The V-Series IPMs achieve the industry’s lowest level of power loss and radiation noise, made possible by the 6th-generation IGBT chips along with Fuji Electric’s latest drive integrated circuit (IC)*. By maximizing the modules’ low-loss properties, Fuji Electric was able to reduce their size and thinness by as much as 80% of that of conventional models.

With these low-power-loss and compact features, V-Series IPMs can contribute significantly to reducing size and energy while raising efficiency in various applications of power electronics, including general-purpose invertors, numerical control machinery, industrial robots, business-use air conditioners, and power conditioners for photovoltaic power generation.

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The drive IC controls the on/off switching of IGBT modules and provides protective functions.

1. Product features

2. Overview of specifications of representative models

3. Primary applications

The series is designed for use in general-purpose invertors, general-purpose servo systems, numerical control machinery, industrial robots, business-use air conditioners, and power conditioners for photovoltaic power generation.

4. Sales target

Fuji Electric is targeting 10 billion yen in sales for all models in the V-Series IPMs equipped with the 6th-generation IGBT chips in fiscal 2011.

Customer inquiries

Sales Department I, Sales Division III, Power Electronics Group, Sales Headquarters,
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
Telephone: 81-3-5435-7161