Power Integrations’ gate drivers now available with conformal coating
San Jose, CA. Power Integrations, a provider of gate-driver technology for medium- and high-voltage inverter applications, has introduced factory conformal coating for its SCALE IGBT and MOSFET drivers. Conformal coating enhances system reliability by protecting electronic components against contaminants such as pollution, dust, and condensation, which may cause corrosion. Power Integrations’ factory-coated gate drivers reduce inventory cost, lead time, and overall cost of ownership by eliminating the need for manufacturers to send boards to subcontractors for cleaning and coating.
Initially, the 2SC0106T, 2SC0108T, 2SC0435T, 2SP0115T, and 1SP0335 gate-driver families will be offered with conformal coating, followed by the 2SD300C17, 2SC0535T, 2SC0635T, 2SP0320, and 1SP0635V Series. All future products will also include factory coating, as an option.
Commented Michael Hornkamp, senior director of marketing for gate-driver products at Power Integrations, “Customers in wind inverters, traction inverters, HVDC MMC stations, photovoltaics, and industrial drives where harsh environments are routinely encountered benefit from a factory conformal-coating process. By testing, cleaning, and coating the boards in our facility, we reduce the opportunity for the units to be contaminated prior to coating, and we eliminate the time, cost and inconvenience of using third-party subcontractors.”