Japan Semiconductor Innovation 50 (D-11 1980s)
Non-latch-up IGBT (Toshiba)
Toshiba invented a novel structure of insulated gate bipolar
transistors (IGBT) to achieve latch-up free higher power operation. Toshiba
dubbed the devices "non-latch-up IGBT" and put it on the market
in 1986. Then, the use of IGBTs in power electronic equipment was drastically
increased. Today, IGBTs are widely used as the most suitable devices for
inverters, in white goods applications like air-conditioners, washing-machines,
refregirators, IH-cookers, in industrial applications like elevators, robots,
machine tools, and also in automotive applications such as electric vehicles.
The non-latch-up IGBT greatly contributed to the progress of power electronics
in the world.
Example of IGBT |
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| Offered by Toshiba |