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7 November 2011
Power Integrations to be sales rep for SemiSouth’s SiC devices
Power Integrations Inc of San Jose, CA, USA, which supplies high-voltage integrated circuits for compact, energy-efficient power conversion in electronic products for AC-DC, DC-DC and LED lighting applications, has agreed to act as a sales representative worldwide (with the exception of Europe) for SemiSouth Laboratories Inc of Starkville, MS, USA, which designs and manufactures silicon carbide (SiC) devices for high-power, high-efficiency, harsh-environment power management and conversion applications.
SemiSouth says that its SiC diodes and junction field-effect transistors (JFETs) deliver significant efficiency and durability benefits in high-power applications such as solar inverters, motor drives, telecom rectifiers, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), three-phase inverters and electric vehicles. In October 2010, Power Integrations announced a $30m strategic investment in SemiSouth, which included an equity investment, a technology license and other financial commitments to support the continued expansion of SemiSouth’s SiC manufacturing operations.
“SemiSouth’s rugged, ultra-efficient SiC JFETs and diodes are a natural extension of our product line, perfectly complementing products such as TOPSwitch and TinySwitch which are used in standby power supplies for many high-power systems,” comments Power Integrations’ VP of sale Ben Sutherland. “With the SemiSouth SiC JFET and diode portfolio, we will be able to address the main power conversion and inversion circuits in those same applications by replacing silicon diodes, MOSFETS and IGBTs with higher-performance SiC technology,” he adds.
“The growth of applications that benefit from extremely high levels of efficiency, such as solar energy and electric vehicles, is creating significant opportunities for our high-efficiency SiC power devices,” notes SemiSouth’s VP of sales Dieter Liesabeths. “This agreement with Power Integrations will substantially increase our sales and support bandwidth in regions where PI has a very robust presence.”
SemiSouth devices are available worldwide through Farnell and Newark as well as local distributors.
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