Title :
Social impact of power semiconductor devices (Invited Paper)
Author_Institution :
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA
Abstract :
Silicon IGBTs are now used in all the major sectors of our economy including transportation, consumer, lighting, industrial, medical, and renewable energy generation. The improved efficiency derived from IGBT-based automotive electronic ignition systems, adjustable speed motor drives, and compact fluorescent lamps has reduced gasoline consumption by over 1 Trillion gallons and electricity consumption by over 50,000 Terra-Watt-Hours. The social impact includes consumer cost savings of more than $15 Trillion and carbon dioxide emission reduction by over 75 Trillion pounds.
Keywords :
energy conservation; environmental factors; insulated gate bipolar transistors; low-power electronics; power semiconductor devices; IGBT; adjustable speed motor drive; automotive electronic ignition system; compact fluorescent lamp; power semiconductor device; social impact; Carbon dioxide; Electricity; Ignition; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Petroleum; Variable speed drives;
Conference_Titel :
Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2014 IEEE International
DOI :
10.1109/IEDM.2014.7046963
