Components: 1-kV/60-A IGBT Designed For Rugged Industrial Heating

Aug. 23, 2004

Induction-heating applications are always on the lookout for top-notch switching and conduction transistors. Such is the case with the FGL60N 100BNTD 1000-V, 60-A insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT), which also offers avalanche ruggedness. It features a 130-ns switching speed and low saturation voltage (VCE_SAT) of 2.5 V at 60 A. There's also a built-in fast-recovery diode. The FGL60N 100BNTD IGBT comes in a standard TO-264 case. This lead-free (pb-free) component meets the requirements of the joint IPC/JEDEC J-STD-020B standard and complies with European Union requirements. It costs $4.08 each in 1000-unit quantities and is available in 12 weeks.

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Roger Allan

Roger Allan is an electronics journalism veteran, and served as Electronic Design's Executive Editor for 15 of those years. He has covered just about every technology beat from semiconductors, components, packaging and power devices, to communications, test and measurement, automotive electronics, robotics, medical electronics, military electronics, robotics, and industrial electronics. His specialties include MEMS and nanoelectronics technologies. He is a contributor to the McGraw Hill Annual Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. He is also a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from New York University's School of Engineering and Science. Roger has worked for major electronics magazines besides Electronic Design, including the IEEE Spectrum, Electronics, EDN, Electronic Products, and the British New Scientist. He also has working experience in the electronics industry as a design engineer in filters, power supplies and control systems.

After his retirement from Electronic Design Magazine, He has been extensively contributing articles for Penton’s Electronic Design, Power Electronics Technology, Energy Efficiency and Technology (EE&T) and Microwaves RF Magazine, covering all of the aforementioned electronics segments as well as energy efficiency, harvesting and related technologies. He has also contributed articles to other electronics technology magazines worldwide.

He is a “jack of all trades and a master in leading-edge technologies” like MEMS, nanolectronics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, military electronics, biometrics, implantable medical devices, and energy harvesting and related technologies.