SCT2H12NZ：1700 V High Voltage SiC-MOSFET : Delivering High Voltage and Low Loss Sought in Auxiliary Power Supplies for Industrial Equipment

In addition to a main power supply that drives motors and the like, high-voltage industrial equipment such as inverters also have auxiliary power supplies for driving controllers and other parts of the system. When used with industrial equipment in particular, input voltages are high, and often Si-MOSFETs with voltage ratings of 1000 V and above are typically used in auxiliary power supplies.

However, Si-MOSFETs with high voltage ratings exceeding 1000 V have high on-resistances, and measures to deal with heat generation due to conduction losses are necessary.

The SCT2H12NZ was developed in order to resolve such problems with auxiliary power supplies for industrial equipment.

Here we present an example comparing this SiC-MOSFET with a 1500 V rated Si-MOSFET used in many auxiliary power supplies of industrial equipment. The SCHT2H12NZ, a SiC-MOSFET that attains the higher voltage rating of 1700 V, nonetheless has an on-resistance of just 1.15 Ω, or 1/8 the 9 Ω of the Si-MOSFET. As a result, losses are greatly reduced, which means that heat generation can be considerably decreased, and depending on the prevailing conditions, the heat sink can be reduced in size.

Moreover, by using a TO-3PFM package, a creepage distance can be secured corresponding to the insulation required for the industrial equipment. A version using a surface-mount TO-268-2L package, which similarly secures the required creepage distance, is also being developed. By using surface mount packages, assembly by automated mounting equipment becomes possible.

The lineup of newly developed products is presented below.