DocumentCode
3565025
Title
Social impact of power semiconductor devices (Invited Paper)
Author
Baliga, B.J.
Author_Institution
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA
fYear
2014
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2014 IEEE International
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEDM.2014.7046963
Filename
7046963
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