Semikron MiniSKiiP power modules for industrial motor drives and UPS systems

The Semikron MiniSKiiP product family features user-friendly spring technology for power and control terminals and simple, solder-free, single-screw assembly of the circuit board, cooling unit and module. The product is primarily used in industrial motor drives, solar inverters and power supplies. In addition to the 600/650 V and 1200 V MiniSKiiP power modules, 1700 V modules with six-pack and converter-inverter-brake (CIB) circuit topology are available.

The 1700 V MiniSKiiP portfolio comprises six-pack and corresponding input bridge modules up to 100 A and CIB modules up to 50 A. The high current density helps to develop compact inverters to realise all the advantages of 600 V/690 VAC applications. All CIB modules have separate terminals for input bridge, brake chopper and open-emitter inverter for high PCB design flexibility and each single module can cover the whole three-phase application.

The migration from 400 V/480 VAC to 600 V/690 VAC voltage levels used in industrial applications offers several cost savings, based on the reduction of motor size, cable cross-section, max load current, total power losses, cable voltage drop during normal operating condition, motor start-up current and feeding transformer size.