MIPAQ Pro, the Intelligent Device for Smart Grids

Installing the MIPAQ Pro at the heart of an inverter makes changing topology very easy. At the end of their production line, customers can choose between chopper- and half-bridge modes via Modbus.

Infineon Technologies said it has ‘optimised its high power intelligent power module (IPM) MIPAQ Pro’ for energy storage and smart grid.

The company believes that through greater design flexibility and upgraded power protection the efforts for the powerstage development and running system are ‘greatly’ reduced. The hope is that SMEs will be empowered to implement semiconductors for existing and emerging applications.

The intelligent wiring of the MIPAQ Pro helps to overcome this restriction. With its smart feature-set it allows for replacing power units and sub-systems which are nominally 50 percent higher rated.

This result, Infineon said is real time condition monitoring makes safety buffers towards. For example, 150°C semiconductor junction temperature just a surplus.

Installing the MIPAQ Pro at the heart of an inverter makes changing topology very easy. At the end of their production line, customers can choose between chopper- and half-bridge modes via Modbus. This is especially helpful for manufacturers of inverters for the energy storage and smart grid industry.

The safe operation area of the IPM has also been improved with more robust boards and a software-upgrade leading to higher system availability.

This is supported by different warning levels which can easily be adapted to specific use-cases helping system-operators to generate counter-measures before a potential fault-triggered system shutdown.