Nuremberg, Germany – May 8, 2012 – Today at the PCIM Europe 2012 trade show,Infineon Technologies (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) introduced the new CoolSiC™1200V SiC JFET family, which strengthens Infineon’s market leadership in the SiC(Silicon Carbide) product segment. The revolutionary new product line takesadvantage of more than a decade of experience in SiC technology development aswell as high quality, high volume production.

 

“Infineon has a strong track record in launching break-through technologies aimed atmarkets requiring highly efficient power management. CoolSiC™ is again arevolutionary, highly innovative technology specifically designed for reaching newlevels of performance in solar inverters,” said Jan-Willem Reynaerts, ProductSegment Head of High Voltage Power Conversion at Infineon Technologies. “WithInfineon’s new SiC JFET technology we enable our customers to further shape thefuture of climate saving solutions.”

 

The new CoolSiC™ 1200V SiC JFETs have dramatically lower switching lossescompared to IGBTs, which allow higher switching frequencies to be used withoutsacrificing overall system efficiency. This enables the use of much smaller passivecomponents, which result in smaller overall solution size, lower weight and reducedsystem cost. Alternatively, a higher output power solution can be realized within thesame inverter housing.

 

In order to ensure that the normally-on JFET technology is safe and easy to use,Infineon has developed a concept which is called Direct Drive Technology. In thisconcept, the JFET is combined with an external Low Voltage MOSFET and adedicated Driver IC which ensures safe system start-up conditions as well as fast andcontrolled switching.

 

The CoolSiC™ JFET features a monolithically integrated body diode that has aswitching performance comparable to an external SiC Schottky barrier diode. Thiscombination offers the utmost in efficiency, reliability, safety and ease of use.

 

Availability and Pricing
Samples of the CoolSiC™ JFET products as well as the Driver ICs are available inthe second quarter of 2012. First OEM ramp-ups are expected in the first half of2013. Pricing for IJW120R100T1 (100mOhm) will be US$ 24.90 (€ 18.44) per piece(1,000 pieces quantity).

 

Further information on Infineon’s new CoolSiC™ 1200V SiC JFET family is availableat www.infineon.com/coolsic

 

Infineon Technologies is presenting the new CoolSiC™ 1200V SiC JFET products atthe PCIM Europe 2012 (May 8-10) in Nuremberg, Germany, in Hall 12 at Booth 404.

 

About Infineon
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, Germany, offers semiconductor and systemsolutions addressing three central challenges to modern society: energy efficiency,mobility, and security. In the 2011 fiscal year (ending September 30), the companyreported sales of Euro 4 billion with close to 26,000 employees worldwide. Infineon islisted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX) and in the USA on theover-the-counter market OTCQX International Premier (ticker symbol: IFNNY).

 

Further information is available at www.infineon.com
This news release is available online at www.infineon.com/press

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