PCIM 1998 - TABLE OF CONTENTS OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL POWER CONVERSION CONFERENCE MAY 26 - 28, 1998 NÜRNBERG, GERMANY KEY NOTE PAPERS Smart Power From the State-of-the-Art to Future Trends Klaus Rischmüller Director of Strategic Marketing, SGS-THOMSON, Europe High Power Components From the State-of-the-Art to Future Trends Hansruedi Zeller Director of Research, ABB Semiconductors, Switzerland MOSFETs and IGBTs From the State-of-the-Art to Future Trends Christopher Ambarian Director Technical Marketing, International Rectifier, USA NEW COMPONENTS GCT THYRISTOR - A NOVEL APPROACH TO HIGH POWER CONVERSION K. Satoh, M. Yamamoto, E. Thal, T. Nakagawa, A. Kawakami, Mitsubishi, Japan/Germany, K. Kurachi, Furyo Semicon Engineering, Japan A NEW GENERATION OF 600V-IGBT-MODULES J. Göttert, A. Karl, A. Mauder, W. Scholz, J. Thurau, T. Laska, eupec, Germany A 1200 A, 3300 V IGBT POWER MODULE FOR TRACTION APPLICATIONS S. Dewar, G. Debled, ABB Semiconductors, Switzerland NEW INTELLIGENT POWER MULTI-CHIPS MODULES WITH JUNCTION TEMPERATURE DETECTING FUNCTION K. Sing, Fuji Electric, Great Britain, F. Eschrich, Fuji Electric, Germany, T. Kajiwara, Fuji Electric, Japan POWER INTEGRATION WITH NEW ECONO-PIM IGBT MODULES A. Schulz, N. Dittmann, M. Loddenkötter, T. Schütze, eupec, M. Feldfoß, Siemens, Germany HIGH POWER MODULES THE HYBRID-DIODE - A HIGH ADVANTAGE IN A MOS CHOPPER CIRCUIT K. Zametzky, J. Lutz, Semikron, Germany THE DESIGN, APPLICATION AND PRODUCTION-TESTING OF HIGH-POWER FAST RECOVERY DIODES N. Galster, H. Vetsch, M. Roth, E. Carroll, ABB Semiconductors Switzerland TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENTS in 1700V HIGH POWER MODULES WITH RATED CURRENT UP TO 2400A O. Schilling, M. Hierholzer, R. Spanke, eupec, F. Auerbach, Siemens, Germany POWER CONVERTERS VERY LOW INPUT VOLTAGE DC/DC-CONVERSION - up to 300 W T. Meyer, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energie Systems ISE, Germany EXAMPLE OF POWER INTEGRATION: POWER CONTROL UNITS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES M. Pierron, I.E.S., C. Glaize, LEM, France TOPOLOGY & ALL-DIGITAL FPGA-CONTROL APPROACH FOR A RE-TYPE, 2 KW MULTILEVEL DC/DC CONVERTER FOR AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR R. Blümel, Daimler-Benz, Germany PWM CONVERTERS WITH RESISITIVE INPUT S. Ben-Yaakov; I. Zeltser, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel VERY HIGH POWER DENSITY FLYBACK CONVERTER I. D. Jitaru, A. Jvascu, Rompower, USA PASSIVE COMPONENTS NANOCRYSTALLINE VITROPERM¨ ALLOYS, A NEW CLASS OF SOFTMAGNETIC HIGH-TECH MATERIALS J. Petzold, Vacuumschmelze, Germany FILM CAPACITORS FOR IGBT CONVERTERS G. Mouries, EFREI, France PLANAR TRANSFORMERS IN BALLAST OF CAR XENON HEADLIGHTS K. Stoll, J. Hess, Siemens Matsushita, Germany KEY NOTE PAPERS System Integration - a new milestone for future power-electronic systems From the State-of-the-Art to Future Trends Leo Lorenz, Development Director Power MOSFET Engineering, SIEMENS, Germany High Power Converter Topologies From the State-of-the-Art to Future Trends Thierry Meynard Head of Strategic Converter Group, LEEI, France New Advanced Power Semiconductors From the State-of-the-Art to Future Trends Hideo Matsuda Chief Specialist High Power Semiconductor Device Engineering Department, Toshiba, Japan POWER INTEGRATION A 500V 1A 1-CHIP INVERTER IC ON SOI WAFER K. Endo, T. Kawano Y. Koashi, K. Otsuka, Y. Osawa, Toshiba, Japan COOL MOS - AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE TOWARDS A NEW POWER MOSFET GENERATION L. Lorenz, M. MŠrz, G. Deboy, SIEMENS, Germany A NEW POWER INTEGRATION CONCEPT AT THE SERVICE OF THE LOAD MANAGEMENT OF THE MAINS D. Berthiot, L. Moindron, SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, France CUTTING-EDGE MOUNTDOWN METHODS Boost power SEMICONDUCTOR D. Grafham, Advanced Power Technologies, Belgium POWER CONVERTERS STEADY STATE ANALYSIS OF THE SERIES-PARALLEL RESONANT CONVERTER LLCC-TYPE FOR AUTOMATIC INDUCTIVE CHARGING APPLICATION R. Laouamer, J. P. Ferrieux, H. Benquassmi, LEG, France AUTOMATING THE DESIGN OF THE QUASI-RESONANT FLYBACK CONVERTER P. Greenland, Allegro Microsystems, USA EFFECTS OF SWITCH AND TRANSFORMER PARASITIC CAPACITANCES ON THE MAXIMUM TRANSMISSIBLE POWER IN a MID-FREQUENCY DC-DC CONVERTER J.-L. Ranson, R. Bausiere, LEEP, France OPTIMIZING THE LOAD TRANSIENT RESPONSE OF THE PENTIUM¨ II CONVERTER R. Redl, ELFI, Switzerland, B. P. Erisman, Z. Zansby, Analog Devices, USA NOVEL LOW LOSS LOW DeSTURBANCE ZERO CURRENT SWITCHING POLE K. H. Edelmoser, L. L. Erhartt, Technical University Vienna, Austria KEY NOTE PAPERS Megatrends in Microelectronics From the State-of-the-Art to Future Trends Jean Philippe DauvinVice-President, Chief Economist of SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, President of the Economic Commission of Electric and Electronic Industrial Association, France Power Conversion Technology for Power Levels under 3KW From the State-of-the-Art to Future Trends Ionel Dan Jitaru Consultant in Power Converters - ROMPOWER, USA Film Capacitors for Power Electronics From the State-of-the-Art to Future Trends Michel BramoulleDirector of Research, THOMSON-CSF, France Converters COMPARISON OF METHODS TO REDUCE THE COMMON MODE NOISE EMISSION OF PWM VOLTAGE-FED INVERTERS H. Jörgensen, S. Guttowski, K. Heumann, TU Berlin, Germany SOFT SWITCHING DC-DC CONVERTER FOR HIGH POWER APPLICATIONS F. Iturriz, P. Ladoux. L.E.E.I., France ZERO-VOLTAGE ZERO-CURRENT SWITCHING CONVERTER FOR HYPERSONIC AIRCRAFT AND SPACECRAFT APPLICATIONS S. I. Volsky, E. A. Lomonova, P. V. Butenko, TU of Moscow, Russian Federation, J. B. Klaassens, Delft TU, Netherlands ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF SERIES AND PARALLEL RESONANT INVERTERS FOR INDUCTION HEATING UNDER SHORT-CIRCUIT CONDITIONS E. J. Dede, J. Jordan, V. Esteve, A. Ferreres, J. M. Espi, GH-ELIN International, Spain NEW CONCEPT IN HIGH VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLIES I. Krichtafovitch, International Power Group, USA APPLICATIONS IGBT COOLING BY HEAT PIPE AND AIR FLOW C. Romestant, A. Alexander, C. Bonhomme, J. N. Julien, Y. Rubichon, E. Guiot, Laboratoire d'Etudes Thermiquesi, Ferraz, France ENERGY RECOVERY NETWORK CIRCUITS TO REDUCE TURN-OFF SWITCHING LOSSES H. Jorquera, P. Henrard, D. Sadarnac, M. Karimi, Supelec, France A 3 KW SERIES-PARALLEL RESONANT CONVERTER operating AS POWER FACTOR CORRECTOR H. Benqassmi, J.-P. Ferrieux, R. Laouamer, LEG, France HIGHER INTEGRATION OF DRIVER-CIRCUITS FOR IGBT and MOSFET K. Backhaus, R. Herzer, E. Schimanek, Semikron, Germany NEW HIGH SPEED IGBTs FOR COST EFFECTIVE HIGH FREQUENCY POWER SUPPLIES G. Moxey, International Rectifier, Great Britain Dialogue Sessions COMPONENTS THE BIDIRECTIONAL CONTROL THYRISTOR (BCT) K. M. Thomas, B. Backlund, O. Toker, ABB Semiconductors, Switzerland, B. Thorvaldsson, ABB Power Systems, Sweden 100A 600V NEW IPM T. Aliabadi, Y.Sasada, H. Takemoto, T. Tsunoda, Toshiba, Japan, Germany LIGHT TRIGGERED THYRISTORS WITH INTEGRATED OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION FOR HIGH POWER APPLICATIONS J. Dorn, D. Westerholt, eupec, Germany INVESTIGATION INTO THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT ANTI-PARALLEL DIODE RATINGS UPON A THREE PHASE SINE WAVE INVERTER USING CALORIMETRIC TEST MEASUREMENTS A. J. Brown, P. H. Mellor, University of Sheffield, Great Britain DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRENCH INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR FOR HIGH VOLTAGE APPLICATIONS S. S. M. Chan, P. R. Waind, J. Thomson, D. E. Crees, GEC Plessey Semiconductors, F.Udrea, T.Trajkovic, Cambridge University, G.A. Amaratunga, Liverpool University, Great Britain AN IMPROVED DESIGN FOR ULTRA SOFT-FAST RECOVERY DIODES SUITABLE FOR (600 - 1200V) IGBT APPLICATIONS M.T. Rahimo, W.J. Findlay, L. Coulbeck, MITEL Semiconductors, Great Britain A NEW DEVICE FOR IGNITION: the CURRENT LIMITED IGBT F. Vareilhias, M. RezŽ, Motorola, France A NEW CHIPSET OF 300 VOLT IGBT AND DIODE FOR ELECTRICAL VEHICLES A. Lindemann, IXYS, Germany FLYBACK CONVERTERS DELIVER CONSTANT OUTPUT CURRENT A. Bailly, SGS-Thomson, France THERMAL INVESTIGATIONS to THE STRUCTURE AND THE USE OF POWER MODULES R. Krümmer, S. Konrad, TU Ilmenau, J. Petzoldt, University of Rostock L. Lorenz, SIEMENS, Germany 30V ULTRA-LOW ON-RESISTANCE P-CHANNEL UMOSFET MOUNTED ON THE SOP-8 PACKAGE A. Takano, H. Matsuki, K. Suzuki, M. Maruoka, A. Ono, Toshiba, Japan 30V LOW ON_RESISTANCE HIGH SPEED N-CHANNELUMOSFET K. Suzuki, N. Funato, S. Wakasa, A. Ono, M. Maruoka, Toshiba, Japan THE APPLICATION OF INSULATING SUBSTRATES IN AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS A. Clothier, A. White, International Rectifier, Great Britain A SIMPLE PIECEWISE-LINEAR IGBT MODEL FOR SPECIALISED POWER ELECTRONICS SIMULATION PROGRAMS P. Bozovic, Pupin Telecom DKTS, P. Pejovic, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Yugoslavia A POWER MODULE FAMILY DESIGNED FOR VERSATILITY P. Perruchoud, Motorola, France CONVERTERS AND CIRCUITS COUPLED INDUCTOR BOOST CONVERTER USING AN IMPROVED ZERO-VOLTAGE-TRANSITION TECHNIQUE Y. Zhu, Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China RESONANT FLYBACK CONVERTER Z. Pukulus, L. Hodossy, L. Gyimesi, Szechenyi Istvan College, Hungary, P. C. Szilagyi, Sault College of AAT, Canada ANALYSIS OF AN EXTENDED DC-DC FLY BACK CONVERTER WITH INHERENT INPUT VOLTAGE SYMMETRIZATION H. Ertl, J. W. Kolar, F. C. Zach, TU Vienna, Austria A NEW PUSH-PULL INTEGRATED MAGNETIC CONVERTER PROVIDING CONTINuOUS INPUT AND OUTPUT CURRENT P. Rodulfo, Advanced Power Conversion, Great Britain OPTIMIZED MOSFET TECHNOLOGY ACHIEVES HIGHER EFFICIENCY IN LOW-VOLTAGE SWITCHMODE POWER CONVERTERS A. Cowell, J. Bendel, M. Speed, E. Lambka, Vishay Siliconix, USA DEVELOPMENT AND TEST OF THE POWER CONVERTER FOR THE COMMUTER TRAIN S. I. Volsky, V. I. Chuev, S. V. Aleshin, Joint-Stock Company, E. A. Lomonova, TU Moscow, Russian Federation A NEW CLASS OF ZERO-VOLTAGE SWITCHING PWM DC-DC CONVERTERS D. Lascu, TU of Timisoara, Romania A HIGH PERFORMANCE SINGLE ENDED RESONANT POWER CONTROL SYSTEM J. Leisten, I. Izvorski, D. Izvorska, University of Teesside, Great Britain INDUCTION-HEATING POWER SUPPLY USING AUTONOMOUS INVERTERS WITH ENERGY DOSING T. S. Todorov, N. D. Madgarov, Technical University of Gabrovo, Bulgaria A LOW COST, HIGH POWER FACTOR COMPACT FLUoRESCENT LAMP (CFL) CIRCUIT M. J. Barry, M. J. Willers, D. Power, M. G. Egan, P. J. Roche, PEI Technologies, University College Cork, Ireland NEW TOPOLOGY FOR A COMPACT, HIGH-EFFICIENCY IN-CAR AUDIO POWER AMPLIFIER I. D. Mosly, P. H. Mellor, C. M. Bingham, University of Sheffield, Great Britain STORED-DUTY-RATIO CONTROL FOR CONTINUOUS-MODE BOOST CONVERTERS IN HIGH POWER FACTOR RECTIFIERS I. Merfert, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany AN OVERVIEW OF INTEGRATED CHARGERS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE B. Chauchat, M. Brunello, J.-P. Ferrieux, H. Benqassmi, LEG; D. Richter, Renault, France RELIABILITY OF MODULE INTEGRATED CONVERTERS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS M. Meinhardt, M. Hofmann, C. OÕMathuna, University College Cork, Ireland CONTROL OF A SINGLE PHASE THREE LEVEL VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTER FOR GRID CONNECTED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS H. Hinz, P. Mutschler, Darmstadt University, Germany; M. Calais, Curtin University of Technology, Australia LIGHT TRANSFORMERS FOR KILOWATT SMPS BASED ON NANOCRYSTALLINE MAGNETIC CORES M. Ferch, Vacuumschmelze GmbH, Germany THE "SCALE" IGBT-DRIVER: A NEW SCALABLE, COMPACT, ALL PURPOSE, LOW COST AND EASY TO USE DRIVER FOR IGBTS H. Rüedi, CT-Concept Technologie, Switzerland Drive - Thermal and Passive Components IMPROVED GATE VOLTAGE CONTROL OF ISOLATED GATE TRANSISTORS ALLOWING SAFE OPERATION OF ALTERNATIVE CHOPPER N. Idir, A. Briffaut, R. Bausiere, J.J. Franchaud, LEEP, France REDUCING THE IGBT TURN OFF TRANSIENTS BY USE OF SOFT-TURN OFF GATE DRIVE UNITS P.A. Coggon, Mitel Semiconductor, Great Britain NEWLY DEVELOPED BCD HIGH VOLTAGE ICÕs (HVPIC's) AND THEIR APPLICATIONS M. Lovell, Allegro Microsystems Europe, France, N. Tsujimoto, Sanken Elektric, Japan SILICON CARBIDE REINFORCED ALUMINIUM FOR PERFORMANCE THERMAL MANAGEMENT APPLICATION B. Sonuparlak, D.J. Andrews, PCC Advanced Forming Technology, USA AN INEXPENSIVE NARROW-BANDWIDTH DIRECT-CURRENT SENSOR WITH GALVANIC ISOLATION A. S. Kislovski, Ascom Energy Systems, Switzerland THERMAL MANAGEMENT APPROACH TO MULTILAYER LAMINATED BUS BAR PACKAGING DESIGN OPTIMIZATION R. Koter, Elisra Gan, Israel NUMERICAL MODELLING OF REAL CAPACITORS E. Helerea, J. Füzi, "Transilvania" University , Romania EXPERIMENTAL CONSTRUCTION OF PREISACH MODELS FOR FERROMAGNETIC CORES J. Füzi, E. Helerea, ãTransilvaniaÒ University, Romania REDUCTION OF THE PARASITIC INDUCTANCE OF A FUSE IN A BUSBAR CIRCUIT S. Duong, J. L. Schanen, C. Schaeffer, LEG, F. Sarrus, Ferraz, France, J. F. De Palma, , Ferraz, USA LOSSLESS SUSTAIN DRIVER FOR PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL S.-Y. Lin, C.-L. Chen, C.-C. Liu, K. Lee, National Taiwan University, Taiwan OPTIMISATION OF THE TRANSFORMER TURNS RATIO BY MEANS OF THE FIRST HARMONIC APPROXIMATION T. Duerbaum, G. Sauerlaender, Philips, Germany POWER LOSS IN WINDING CONSIDERING TWO DIMENSIONAL CURRENT AND FIELD DISPLACEMENT E. Drechsler, Siemens AG, Germany A METHOD TO OPTIMIZE THE SIZE OF THE TRANSFORMER CORE FOR MAGNETIC POWER TRANSFER TO LINEAR MOVING DEVICES P. Knaup, Darmstadt University, Germany HIGH FREQUENCY AND HIGH POWER IMPEDANCE ADAPTER TRANSFORMER FOR INDUCTION HEATING CONVERTERS R. Bausiere, University of Lille, R. Boige, Boige & Vignal, M. Gillot, HEI, J. Nuns, EDF, F. Piriou, University of Lille, France THERMAL MODELLING OF A DC-DC CONVERTER USING ELECTRICAL ANALOGY M. O'Hara, Newport Components, Great Britain A NEW FAMILY OF HIGH VOLTAGE HALF BRIDGE GATE DRIVER ICS WITH FULLY INTEGRATED BOOTSTRAP DIODE A. Novelli, S. Pappalardo, R. Gariboldi, SGS-Thomson, Italy HOW TO MINIMIZE COST; SIZE AND POWER DISSIPATION IN FRACTIONAL HORSEPOWER OFF LINE MOTOR DRIVES WITH SMD-IGBTs G. Dokopoulos, International Rectifier, USA