The IGBT Device: Physics, Design and Applications of the Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor

The IGBT device has proved to be a highly important Power Semiconductor, providing the basis for adjustable speed motor drives (used in air conditioning and refrigeration and railway locomotives), electronic ignition systems for gasolinepowered motor vehicles and energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulbs. Recent applications include plasma displays (flat-screen TVs) and electric power transmission systems, alternative energy systems and energy storage. This book is the first available to cover the applications of the IGBT, and provide the essential information needed by applications engineers to design new products using the device, in sectors including consumer, industrial, lighting, transportation, medical and renewable energy.

The author, B. Jayant Baliga, invented the IGBT in 1980 while working for GE. His book will unlock IGBT for a new generation of engineering applications, making it essential reading for a wide audience of electrical engineers and design engineers, as well as an important publication for semiconductor specialists.

Essential design information for applications engineers utilizing IGBTs in the consumer, industrial, lighting, transportation, medical and renewable energy sectors.Readers will learn the methodology for the design of IGBT chips including edge terminations, cell topologies, gate layouts, and integrated current sensors.The first book to cover applications of the IGBT, a device manufactured around the world by more than a dozen companies with sales exceeding $5 Billion; written by the inventor of the device.

About the Author
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. IGBT Structure and Operation
Chapter 3. IGBT Structural Design
Chapter 4. Safe Operating Area Design
Chapter 5. Chip Design, Protection, and Fabrication
Chapter 6. Package and Module Design
Chapter 7. Gate Drive Circuit Design
Chapter 8. IGBT Models
Chapter 9. IGBT Applications: Transportation
Chapter 10. IGBT Applications: Industrial
Chapter 11. IGBT Applications: Lighting
Chapter 12. IGBT Applications: Consumer
Chapter 13. IGBT Applications: Medical
Chapter 14. IGBT Applications: Defense
Chapter 15. IGBT Applications: Renewable Energy
Chapter 16. IGBT Applications: Power Transmission
Chapter 17. IGBT Applications: Financial
Chapter 18. IGBT Applications: Other
Chapter 19. IGBT Social Impact
Chapter 20. Synopsis
Index