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Product category: Discrete Power Devices
News Release from: STMicroelectronics | Subject: STGxL6NC60D
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 14 May 2008

Efficiency boost for budget IGBTs

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New devices allow designers to use robust low-cost IGBT technology in energy-sensitive circuits such as lighting ballasts operating well above 20kHz.

The latest IGBTs from STMicroelectronics use innovative and efficient lifetime-control techniques to reduce energy loss during turn off New devices, including the STGxL6NC60D 600V PowerMesh IGBT, allow designers to use robust low-cost IGBT technology in energy-sensitive circuits such as lighting ballasts operating well above 20kHz, achieving greater overall efficiency than standard-technology MOSFETs