Semiconductor Solutions for Air Conditioners

With the economic development of emerging countries and the growing demand for data centers, the demand for air conditioners is growing. For Household air conditioners, regional characteristics, such as climatic, cultural, and incomes levels, and energy-saving, low-cost, and reduced CO₂ emissions, as well as connectivity as smart home appliances are keys to product design. For industrial air conditioners, especially for data centers, it is important to achieve proper temperature control in a heat-generating environment that increases as the amount of data handled increases and the performance of equipment increases, as well as appropriate humidity control for preventing dew condensation on computer components and preventing static electricity with low power consumption. To solve these problems, power supply efficiencies and sensing circuit designs are important. Toshiba's lineup of MOSFETs, intelligent power ICs, operational amplifiers, and other products that incorporate latest technologies are contributing to enhancing air conditioning performance without increasing power dissipation.

• Improvement of power utilization efficiency by reducing on-resistance and minimization of heat generation (MOSFET)
• Realization of both board miniaturization and heat dissipation performance by introduction of surface mount packages with excellent heat dissipation (intelligent power IC)
• Improvement of operation reliability by insulation of feedback signal circuit by optical coupling (photocoupler)
• Compliance with safety standards (UL, cUL, etc.) (photocouplers)
• Useful application notes, reference designs, and other documents on the web save design cycle time