IR to showcase automotive power platform for hybrid and electric vehicles

PCIM Europe 2012, EL SEGUNDO, USA: International Rectifier, (IR) will showcase a new power platform for hybrid and electric vehicles (H(EV)) at PCIM (Power Conversion Intelligent Motion) Europe 2012 which is being held at the Nuremberg Exhibition Center, Nuremberg, Germany, May 8-10, 2012.

IR’s new COOLiR silicon and advanced COOLiR2 packaging technology provides an innovative power management platform approach for H(EV) vehicles that helps address the need to reduce the size, weight and system cost of electric power train components while increasing system reliability for long lifetime, low maintenance and low warranty cost. The new automotive power platform will be featured at the IR booth, Stand111, Hall 11.

“We are pleased to have the opportunity to demonstrate IR’s new automotive power platform at PCIM Europe. This new approach combines the most advanced silicon with a unique module concept that allows OEM and major system suppliers to take advantage of outstanding silicon performance in an innovative modular system package that meets industry needs for a scalable, easy to customize yet cost-effective solution at highest power density,” said Henning Hauenstein, VP, IR’s Automotive Products Business Unit.

The IR booth will also feature the company’s latest power management solutions for a wide range of applications including demonstrations of the newest motor control products and GaN-based power device platform, GaNpowIR. IR’s latest ICs for lighting and AC-DC switch mode power supplies (SMPS), CHiL digital controllers and SupIRBuck integrated voltage regulators for DC-DC applications, as well as benchmark MOSFETs and IGBTs will also be featured.