We delivered the 1 millionth HiPak – laid end to end, they would reach nearly 200Km! This insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) was developed to ease the use of IGBTs in traction converters and industrial drive markets. HiPak is a highly standardized and reliable IGBT module that fits in all high-performance traction converters and drives systems. Whether efficiently driving industrial motors, smoothly accelerating trains or transmitting gigawatt power over long distances – failure is not an option for our HiPak IGBT module.
Another great fact is the energy savings with 1 million HiPak the total energy saved is 1 TWh annually in traction converter applications compared to the former semiconductors technology (GTO). If used in drives, more than 20,000 drives could be built, which could save more than 300 TWh annually compared to not using a drive. This amount of saved energy could cover 5 times the demand of electricity in Switzerland.
Although the HiPak may not have changed much from the outside, during the last 16 years its technology has been transformed several times enabling a performance increase of 50%.
Today we are very proud of this achievement but also thankful for having a strong, competent and passionate team that are key to this successful journey from one to one million HiPak. With over 60 years’ experience perfecting the art of power semiconductor manufacture, we give our customers the peace of mind they deserve.
