Toshiba’s innovative range of photocouplers for industrial and green energy applications are now available for fast delivery from element14.

Available for fast delivery, the new photocoupler range includes the TLP5212 and TLP5222 devices which are suitable for a wide range of applications including inverter circuits used in industrial control equipment, power conditions in solar power systems and UPS, and residential home battery systems.

The advanced features of the new devices enable design engineers to benefit from increased space and system cost savings.

The TLP5212 and TLP5222 devices include various functions including VCE,(sat) or VDS,(sat)  detection, Miller clamping and a “fault” outputting function along with a general-purpose gate driver coupler to protect the IGBT from overcurrent generated in the inverter stage.

The Miller clamping function suppresses gate potential rise and IGBT malfunction by bypassing the Miller current generated when the IGBT is turned off to ground. The TLP5212 requires an input-side signal to resume from shutdown protection while the TLP5222 resumes automatically after a specified time. All of this high-performance technology is packed into a low-profile 16-pin SO16L package with an operating temperature of − 40 to 110°C.

Toshiba’s new range of smart gate drivers are available for immediate delivery from element14 in APAC.