Form: China electronics news

Xie Chaoying,deputy to the National People's Congress and the director of Economic andInformation Commission of Hunan Province said when accepting the exclusiveinterview of journalists that he proposed suggestion to quicken IGBT (InsulatedGate Bipolar Transistor) Industry development to the congress and suggestedthat the country pay high attention to development of IGBT Industry.

Giant demand forIGBT application

Chinese IGBTconsumption market is about 8 billion Yuan at present. It may reach the scaleof 30 billion Yuan in 2020. Xie Chaoying introduced to the journalist that IGBTis a type of composite full control type voltage driven power semi-conductor deviceand is the internationally recognized representative products of the thirdtechnical revolution of power electronics and has excellent performance of highfrequency, high voltage, large current and easy switching. It is called “CPUfor power converter device.

Powersemi-conductor technology has been widely applied in recent years with quickdevelopment of national economy. “China is a country with largest consumptionof power semi-conductor device at present. Power chip, as the high end ofIndustrial chain are imported completely. It is bound to affect safety andsustainable development of national economy. We suggest that our country payhigh attention to development of IGBT Industry and support domestic strongenterprises to carry out research, development and industrialization of powerchip and device with IGBT as representative.” 

Xie Chaoying tellsthe journalist that certain breakthrough has been obtained for IGBT technologyand the application demand is great. In the terms of IGBT chip technology, thefirst professional production line of 8″IGBT chip in the country and the secondline in the world was built in Nanche of China. The first batch of 8″1700V IGBTchip was manufactured successively last year. Test making and testing has beencompleted for 8″3300V chip. Qualified samples were developed for 6500V chip. Inthe aspect of IGBT module technology, most chips for packaging IGBT module areprovided by foreign companies. The annual output value of domestic IGBT chip isless than 100 million Yuan. But our country is the largest consumption marketof power semi-conductors around the globe. The market potential is great as aresult. The scale of IGBT consumption market is about 8 billion Yuan at presentand may reach 30 billion Yuan up to 2020.

In the view of XieChaoying, there are a number of factors restricting development of IGBTIndustry. They are to be overcome. First, there is no formation of innovativesystem. Second, it is lack of complete production line. Third, the supportIndustry is weak. Domestication of key material has become a key restrictingfactor for quick development of IGBT Industry in our country.

Promulgate supportpolicies to quicken industrialization

It is suggestedthat our country promulgate supporting policies to promote industrialization ofIGBT depending on strong enterprises.