SABIC’s ELCRES dielectric films at PCIM Asia
Summary
Lower dissipation losses in ELCRES HTV150A dielectric films can reduce internal heat generation, increase operating efficiency, and stabilise hot spot temperatures, giving engineers in Asia Pacific greater flexibility in designing capacitors. “They selected material compositions with mild dissipation mechanisms in the temperature and frequency ranges of interest and have achieved impressive results. As customers design new inverter systems and adopt next-generation silicon carbide power modules, lower dissipation losses at higher operating temperatures and frequencies can help drive success.” SABIC will present a detailed overview of its capacitor film solutions in the Exhibitor Forum on August 30, from 13:20-13:40. Competitive high-heat films such as PET and PEN are limited to operating temperatures below 125°C because they demonstrate increased dissipation losses above that point. Other key properties include high breakdown strength over the full temperature range, good self-healing and excellent adhesion to aluminium and zinc during metallisation.