OREANDA-NEWS. Sales of hybrid and electric vehicles are expanding in line with growing awareness of environmental issues. Automotive components must meet especially stringent safety standards, which creates demands for power semiconductor modules that provide greater reliability than modules for industrial equipment. Mitsubishi Electric pioneered the mass production of power semiconductor modules for hybrid vehicles in 1997.

The sample to be released this time is a compact power semiconductor module, the newest addition to Mitsubishi Electric's J-Series T-PMs mainly for electric and hybrid vehicle motor drive applications. The new module is expected to contribute to further compactness, weight reduction and reduced power consumption in inverters for electric and hybrid vehicles..