Gate Driver Unit (GDU) Market for Power Transistors

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As An Integral Part Of A Powerstack's Brain, Gate Driver Boards Continue To Improve Power Module And Stack Performance. A 10% CAGR Is Forecast For The Gate Driver Board Market From 2013-2020. The Market Will Reach A Total Value Of -Us$250M By 2020, Driven By Renewable Energies, Smart-Grid Implementation And Automotive Applications.

Currently, performance improvement and increased system reliability are two important energy efficiency trends for reducing energy consumption. This is particularly essential for new wideband gap material, which offers higher frequency and temperature capabilities. In this context, the GDU must be improved to allow suitable performance for power transistors.

Typical criteria/requirements for GDU choice include:

  • Certification (i.e. reinforced acc. VDE884-10; ULxxx)
  • Price
  • Features and functions

There are plenty of circuits, boards, designs and technology solutions described in this report. Each solution is dedicated to solving a specific issue. However, the current GDU market offers no standard solution - only same functions such as:

  • Overvoltage clamping and shape control of the current driver during turn-OFF
  • Isolation
  • Short-circuit monitoring
  • VCE FAULT monitoring

Several ongoing improvements are focused on both silicon and wideband gap materials, especially in using the materials' entire high-frequency capability. Objectives follow power stacks trend:

  • Effective switching solutions (for reduced overshoot and snubbers)
  • Allowance for higher frequency in order to reduce size
  • Finding a solution that works with different power module brands
  • Increased monitoring
  • Unsure reliability

This complex market includes captive and open players. There are several player types that develop GDUs - pure players, IC makers, power module and inverter makers, and integrators. Companies are also proposing improvements in IGBT/MOSFET performance through their driver technology, based on new design and software. With new software, some players (mainly pure GDU players) are developing intelligent monitoring solutions to improve the maintenance of systems. This is particularly critical for rail and avionics applications.

In this report, we will discuss the unsolved issues which must be improved on in the future, and the next steps for GDU trends.

Key Topics Covered:

Table of contents
Authors
Acronyms
Terminology 5Companies cited in this report
Report objectives

1. Executive summary

2. Latest news

3. Overall power electronics markets

4. GDU technology introduction

5. GDU players overview

6. GDU industrial supply chain

7. GDU 2010-2020 market forecast analysis 99- Segmentation used in this report

8. General conclusions

Companies Mentioned:

  • AZZURRO
  • Agile switch
  • Air Water
  • Allegro MicroSystems LLC
  • Alpha & Omega AOS
  • Alstom
  • Amantys
  • Applied Power Systems
  • Arkansas Power Electronics
  • Athena Energy
  • Avago Technologies
  • Avogy Inc.
  • BB
  • BYD
  • BeMiTec
  • Bombardier
  • CREE
  • CT-CONCEPT
  • CamGaN
  • Cissoid
  • CorEnergy
  • Danfoss
  • Dow Corning
  • Dowa Electronics Materials
  • Dynax Semiconductor Inc.
  • Dynex
  • EPC
  • Empresa de Manutenção de Equipamento Ferroviário (EMEF)
  • EpiGaN
  • Fairchild
  • Freescale
  • Fuji Electric
  • Fujitsu Semiconductor
  • Furukawa
  • GaN Systems
  • GeneSiC
  • Global Power Electronics
  • Hitachi
  • Hitachi Research Lab
  • IDS
  • InPower Systems
  • Infineon
  • Inrevium
  • International Rectifier
  • Ixys
  • MACMIC
  • Methode Electronics
  • MicroGaN
  • Microsemi Corporation
  • Mitsubishi Electric
  • NTT
  • NXP
  • Nitek Inc.
  • ON Semiconductor
  • Panasonic
  • Powdec
  • Power Integrations
  • Powerex
  • Prodrive
  • Prodrive-technologies
  • RFMD
  • Raytheon
  • Rohm
  • SBE Inc.
  • ST
  • STMicroelectronics
  • Sanken
  • Schneider Electric
  • Semikron AG
  • Sharp
  • Siemens
  • Sirectifier
  • Starpower
  • Sumitomo SEI
  • Sumitomo chemical
  • TM4
  • Texas Instruments
  • Tokyo Electron Device Limited
  • Toshiba
  • Transphorm Inc.
  • Triquint
  • United Silicon Carbide Inc.
  • Vincotech
  • VisIC
  • Vishay
  • X-REL Semiconductor

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