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Intersil’s 1200-Volt Industrial IGBT Family Delivers High Power Electrical Switching in Power Control Circuits

— Improves switching speed, energy losses, on-state voltage drop and short-circuit withstand time

PALM BAY, FL, October 8, 1999 — Intersil Corporation today introduced its portfolio of advanced industrial IGBTs. Combining the high input impedance of MOSFETs with the low on-state conduction loss of bipolar transistors, the company’s 1200V IGBT family features a range of Non Punch Through (NPT) B and C speed devices suited for motor control applications and ideal for use in modules.

Functioning as high power electrical switching devices in power control circuits, Intersil’s IGBTs have been engineered to offer dramatic improvements in switching speed, energy loss and short-circuit withstand time. Offering smaller, more reliable designs and a variety of currents, the IGBT family presents a unique array of design alternatives. The 1200V IGBT portfolio is ideal for high voltage switching applications operating at moderate frequencies where low conduction losses are crucial, including AC and DC motor controls, power supplies and drivers for solenoids, relays and contractors.

"Intersil is dedicated to providing engineers with quality design alternatives, and the company accomplishes this with the entire 1200V IGBT family," said V.P. Pai product manager at Intersil. "The devices are viable options over mature Bipolar transistors and expensive, and often rare, high voltage MOSFETs. Intersil’s NPT manufacturing process addresses delivery concerns by simplifying the process and realizing far greater yield."

The 1200V IGBTs feature low on-state voltage drops in both C speed at 2.1V, and B speed at 2.5V, allowing for smaller heatsink requirements. Tailored for motor control and power conversion, C and B speed selections result in greater choice for the designer as well as lower overall system cost. Short circuit withstand time has been rated 8uS at 15 gate to emitter voltage (Vge), reducing circuit failure, and a robust avalanche rating helps simplify circuit design.

Intersil’s IGBTs can be employed in a variety of applications. B speed IGBTs are optimized for industrial power conversion performance in uninterruptable power supplies (UPS) and switch mode power supplies, especially push-pull and step-up/step-down topologies and welding equipment. C speed industrial motor drive IGBTs are optimized for inverters and control applications. The 1200V devices are also used for induction heating in consumer cookers.

Pricing and Availability
The 1200V IGBT family’s flagship product, the HGTG30N120CN, a 1200V, 30 current device available in a TO247 package, is immediately available in production quantities individually priced at $5.06 each in 1,000-piece quantities.

The remainder of Intersil’s 1200V IGBT devices is also immediately available. Part number, package and pricing information is as follows:

Part Number Package Pricing/1000 pieces
HGTG5N120BND TO247 1.63
HGTG10N120BN TO247 2.06
HGTG10N120BND TO247 2.43
HGTG18N120BN TO247 3.50
HGTG18N120BND TO247 4.00
HGTG27N120BN TO247 5.06

HGTG5N120CND TO247 1.63
HGTG11N120CN TO247 2.06
HGTG11N120CND TO247 2.43
HGTG20N120CN TO247 3.50
HGTG20N120CND TO247 4.00

About Intersil Corporation
Intersil Corporation uses analog, mixed-signal, power and radiation-hardening technologies to develop advanced integrated circuits and discrete semiconductors for high-growth segments of the communications, power and space/defense markets. Intersil Corporation employs 5,800 worldwide and utilizes the rich intellectual property heritage from Harris, GE Solid State and RCA. The company’s Web site is located at http://www.intersil.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements made in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements reflect management's current assumptions and estimates of future performance and economic conditions. Specific risks include worldwide demand and product pricing for integrated circuits, and reductions in the U.S. and worldwide defense and space budgets. In addition, Intersil cautions investors that any forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results and future trends and events to differ materially from those matters expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements.