Infineon‘s low-carbon and digital concept

At the Infineon Capital Markets Day held in 2021, Infineon first introduced the two main themes of "electrification" and "digitization", integrating related businesses into global development. If the core idea of "electrification" is to improve the interaction between humans and nature, and achieve energy conservation and emission reduction for electric vehicles, new energy, and IT infrastructure through Infineon‘s efficient power devices, then "digitization" focuses more on the well-being of human society, including work and life efficiency, comfort, and more innovation. Infineon has specifically implemented "digitization" in "Internet of Things" technology, covering the overall coverage from consumption to industry to automobiles.http://www.ic-bom.com/

According to Infineon‘s corporate culture, its pursuit is to create a more convenient, safe, and environmentally friendly world. While winning its own successful development, it actively practices corporate social responsibility.

As a German power semiconductor giant, Infineon is targeting low-carbon and digital needs and strengthening investment in ecological construction.http://www.ic-bom.com/

We believe that low-carbon and digitalization are the main forces shaping the next decade, "Pan Dawei, Global Senior Vice President and President of Greater China at Infineon Technology, said in an interview with Interface News.

Dual carbon demand

Based on Infineon‘s emphasis on low-carbon and digitalization, it is also due to the current market demand. From the perspective of market demand, the "dual carbon" has brought new demands for energy conservation and emission reduction across the industry, coupled with the ongoing digitization of infrastructure, resulting in rapid growth in demand for power chips.http://www.ic-bom.com/

Key to Transformation

"Low carbon is an important way to deal with the climate crisis, and Digital transformation is an important guarantee to achieve low carbon. However, while changing work and life, digitalization has also increased the consumption of electricity, and 10% of the world‘s electricity is consumed by the Internet and related technologies." Andreas Urschitz, global chief marketing officer of Infineon Technology, believes that energy efficiency can be continuously improved through technological innovation such as semiconductor, It is a key and efficient method for Infineon to promote the industry to achieve low-carbon development.

Technology Trends

Nowadays, the new generation of power semiconductors for controlling power has entered the popularization stage. Due to the development of pure electric vehicles and the booming development of 800V high-voltage platforms for new energy vehicles, the demand for semiconductors made from silicon carbide has skyrocketed. This has been adopted first in cars launched by electric vehicle companies such as Tesla. In addition, the development of gallium nitride (GaN) substrates has also made progress towards commercialization. Due to the fact that power semiconductors are the core devices with low power consumption performance and play a crucial role in decarbonization in electronic devices, investment competition is becoming increasingly fierce.http://www.ic-bom.com/
The electrification of automobiles requires that vehicle level power devices should adapt to the operating environment of high temperature, high humidity, and strong vibration in automotive application scenarios, as well as the application conditions of frequent start stop, power cycle, and temperature shock in complex electromagnetic environments, making electric vehicles more efficient and energy-efficient in completing energy transmission and output. The continuous improvement of the performance of electric vehicles has put forward higher requirements for power devices, mainly reflected in three aspects: chip loss, module current output capacity, and temperature cycle life. Low loss is strongly related to the overall power consumption and driving range of the vehicle. Current output capacity is related to the motor output power, and temperature cycle life represents the reliability and service life of power devices to adapt to different environments. In order to reduce chip losses, wafer technology and fine grooves have become the mainstream development direction.http://www.ic-bom.com/