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Smart power module cuts air-con component count

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Aug 26, 2005

Daikin Industries has designed Fairchild's Motion-SPM smart power module into its inverter-based air conditioners.

Fairchild Semiconductor's Motion-SPM smart power module has been selected by Daikin Industries for use in its inverter-based air conditioners.

Daikin Industries, a leading manufacturer of residential, commercial and industrial air-conditioning systems, selected Fairchild's FSBS15CH60 due to the product's superior performance and advanced packaging, and Fairchild's history of excellent engineering support.

By combining multiple functions into a single mini-DIP, the Motion-SPM module provides high reliability, simplified motor drive design, energy efficiency and board space reduction for low-power inverter driven applications.

"Daikin chose Fairchild's integrated smart power module for the high reliability and superior performance we are able to achieve in our inverter-based air conditioners".

"Fairchild satisfied our strict quality standards and actively supported our design engineers by providing reliability data and technical materials through package, design, and quality tests phases", said Masakazu Iida, Manager of Daikin Industries.

"Fairchild's Motion-SPM is designed to address a compelling need for highly compact and high-performance AC motor drives for air conditioners and washing machines".

"These highly integrated modules combine up to 16 discrete devices into one compact mini-DIP package offering designers a solution that significantly reduces board space requirements".

"We were pleased to work with Daikin Industries on this product for their air conditioner designs", commented Taehoon Kim, Vice President of Fairchild's High Power product line.

The FSBS15CH60 combines three high-voltage ICs (HVICs), one low-voltage IC (LVIC), six IGBTs and six fast-recovery diodes (FRDs) into a compact (44 x 26.8mm), thermally efficient mini-DIP package.

This module offers high reliability due to its fully tested co-ordination of HVICs and IGBTs and integrated undervoltage lockout and short circuit protection.

The FSBS15CH60 features low-loss efficient IGBTs and FRDs that are optimised specifically for motor drive applications.

Daikin supplies approximately 40% of the total commercial and industrial air-conditioning systems for the Japanese market.

Fairchild expects to ship 400,000 units of SPM devices in 2005 to support Daikin's demand.