IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) is a key power semiconductor device widely used in electric vehicles, renewable energy and industrial control. With its high efficiency and reliability, IGBT plays a vital role in these modern technology applications. In recent years, China's position in the global IGBT market has rapidly improved. Thanks to policy support and technological innovation, Chinese companies are becoming an important force in this field, driving the development of global electronic technology. This article will introduce you to the top IGBT companies in China.
BYD Semiconductor
Founded: 2003
Business Model: IDM (Integrated Device Manufacturer)
Overview: BYD Semiconductor Co., Ltd. is a leading IDM company in China, primarily engaged in power semiconductors, intelligent control ICs, smart sensors, optoelectronic semiconductors, semiconductor manufacturing, and services. Their products cover sensing, processing, and controlling signals related to light, electricity, and magnetism, and are widely used in automotive, energy, industrial, and consumer electronics sectors, with vast market potential.
In 2007, BYD Semiconductor established its IGBT module production line and completed the development of its first automotive-grade IGBT chip in 2009, offering products in various forms including bare dies, discrete devices, and power modules. At the end of 2018, it launched its self-developed automotive-grade IGBT 4.0 technology.
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CRRC Times Electric
Founded: 2005
Business Model: IDM
Overview: Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of CRRC, and the only company in China that fully masters the complete set of technologies for thyristors, rectifiers, IGCT (Integrated Gate Commutated Thyristor), IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor), SiC (Silicon Carbide) devices, and power components. It is also the only domestic enterprise with independent mastery of high-speed rail power IGBT chip and module technology.
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Silan Microelectronics
Founded: 1997
Business Model: IDM
Overview: Hangzhou Silan Microelectronics Co., Ltd. is a high-tech company specializing in integrated circuit chip design and semiconductor microelectronic product manufacturing. Founded in September 1997, the company is headquartered in Hangzhou, China.
Silan's IC chip production line in Hangzhou Qiantang New District currently reaches a monthly output of 220,000 wafers, ranking second globally in the production capacity of chips smaller than and equal to 6 inches. The company's 8-inch production line started in 2015 and commenced operations in 2017, becoming China's first IDM product company with an 8-inch production line, achieving a monthly output capacity of 50,000-60,000 wafers by 2020. In 2018, construction began on its 12-inch specialty process wafer production line and advanced compound semiconductor device production line in Xiamen, which went into operation in 2020 as the 12-inch chip production line began trial production.
The company's current products and R&D focus are in three main areas:
High-voltage, high-power, special process integrated circuits, power modules (IPM/PIM), power devices, and power semiconductor solutions (comprising various MCUs/specialized ICs) based on Silan's chip production line.
MEMS sensor products, digital audio and video and smart voice products, and general-purpose ASIC circuits.
Optoelectronic products and LED chip manufacturing and packaging (including displays and LED lighting).
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China Resources Microelectronics
Founded: 1997
Business Model: IDM
Overview: The company focuses on power semiconductors and intelligent sensor fields, providing a range of semiconductor products and services to customers.
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Yangjie Technology
Founded: 2006
Business Model: IDM
Overview: Yangzhou Yangjie Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. is one of the few domestic companies that integrates semiconductor discrete device chip design and manufacturing, device packaging and testing, and end sales and services into a vertical industrial chain (IDM). The product line includes discrete device chips, rectifiers, protective devices, small signals, MOSFETs, power modules, silicon carbide, etc., providing customers with comprehensive product solutions.
In March 2018, it took control of a 6-inch production line in Yixing, which has now started mass production of IGBT chips for small household appliances such as induction cookers; in 2018, the company's actual output of IGBT chips was nearly 6,000 pieces.
Website & Product Categories: http://www.21yangjie.com/
Huatian Electronics
Founded: 1999
Business Model: IDM
Overview: The company owns multiple power semiconductor discrete device and IC chip production lines, including 4-inch, 5-inch, and 6-inch lines, with a chip processing capacity of 5 million pieces per year, packaging resources of 2.4 billion pieces per year, and modules of 18 million pieces per year. The company mainly produces power semiconductor devices and ICs, and has developed a series of products with IGBT, MOSFET, SCR, SBD, IPM, FRD, BJT as the marketing mainline, covering almost all types of power semiconductor devices, widely used in automotive electronics, power electronics, photovoltaic inverters, industrial control, and LED lighting, and continuously expanding rapidly in strategic emerging fields such as new energy vehicles and photovoltaics.
In April 2019, the company raised funds for an 8-inch production line project, focusing on the production of IGBT chips for industrial drives and consumer electronics.
Website & Product Categories: http://www.hwdz.com.cn/
StarPower Semiconductor
Founded: 2005
Business Model: Module
Overview: Founded in April 2005, Jiaxing StarPower Semiconductor Co., Ltd. is a national high-tech enterprise specializing in the R&D, production, and sales services of power semiconductor chips and modules, especially IGBT chips and modules. The company's headquarters is located in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, with subsidiaries in Shanghai and Europe, and R&D centers in China and Europe, currently leading the domestic IGBT field.
The main products are power semiconductor components, including IGBT, MOSFET, IPM, FRD, SiC, etc. The company has successfully developed a full range of IGBT chips, FRD chips, and IGBT modules, achieving import substitution. The IGBT module products exceed 600 types, covering voltage levels from 100V to 3300V, and current levels from 10A to 3600A. The products have been successfully applied in new energy vehicles, inverters, inverter welding machines, UPS, photovoltaic/wind power generation, SVG, white goods, and other fields.
According to the latest research report by the international renowned research and consulting agency IHS in 2020, Jiaxing StarPower Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ranks seventh in the global IGBT module market, the only Chinese company among the global top ten.
Website & Product Categories: http://www.powersemi.cc/
Nanjing SilverMicro
Founded: 2007
Business Model: Module
Overview: Nanjing SilverMicro Electronics focuses on the design and manufacturing of power IGBT and MOSFET module products for industrial and other applications.
With modern equipment for processing and characterizing power modules up to 3.3kV, it has established advanced power module manufacturing capabilities. Since 2009, it has been certified by ISO9001 and ISO14001, and most products have also passed UL certification. Capable of performing power module identification tests, such as indoor electrical and environmental life tests. In 2016, it obtained TS16949 certification.
Website & Product Categories: http://njsme.com/a/zhongwen/
Daxin Semiconductor
Founded: 2013
Business Model: Module
Overview: Ningbo Daxin Semiconductor Co., Ltd., founded by returned scholars and a Sino-foreign joint venture, is a national high-tech enterprise engaged in the design, manufacturing, and sales of IGBT, MOSFET, FRD, and other power semiconductor chips and devices, and provides related application solutions.
The company's headquarters is located in Yuyao, Zhejiang, with a leading domestic test application evaluation center, including chip evaluation, device testing, application analysis, and reliability laboratories. The company has an advanced IGBT module production line in Shanghai, responsible for chip design and manufacturing management. The company has a complete IGBT industry chain including chip design, wafer manufacturing, module manufacturing, and application, with unique advantages in IGBT chip development, module manufacturing, and product application.
The company has successfully developed 600V-3300V IGBT chip products on 8-inch and 6-inch wafer manufacturing platforms, covering chip current levels from 10A to 200A. Using proprietary IGBT chips, it has launched a series of industrial applications, consumer electronics, and new energy IGBT modules, with module voltages covering 600V to 1700V, and current levels from 10A to 800A. The company's IGBT products are widely used in white goods, inverter welding machines, industrial frequency conversion, induction heating, high-power power supplies, UPS, new energy vehicles, solar/wind power generation, SVG, and other fields.
Website & Product Categories: http://daxin-semi.com/
Jiangsu Hongwei
Founded: 2006
Business Model: Module
Overview: Jiangsu Hongwei Technology Co., Ltd. is a national key high-tech enterprise formed by a group of technical personnel who have been engaged in the R&D and production of power electronic products at home and abroad for a long time, with various special technologies. It is a national high-tech industrialization demonstration project base and a national drafting unit for IGBT and FRED standards.
Business scope includes:
Design, R&D, production, and sales of new power semiconductor chips, discrete devices, and modules, such as FRED, VDMOS, IGBT chips, discrete devices, standard modules, and custom modules (CSPM);
Modular design, manufacturing, and system solutions for high-efficiency energy-saving power electronic devices, such as dynamic energy-saving lighting power supplies, switching power supplies, UPS, inverters, and frequency conversion devices.
Website & Product Categories: http://macmicst.com/
Guangdong XINJUNENG
Founded: 2018
Business Model: Module
Overview: Guangdong XINJUNENG is a high-tech enterprise engaged in the R&D, production, and sales of automotive-grade power semiconductor components.
Main business includes: core power semiconductor chip design, device and module product R&D, production, sales, and service support for new energy electric vehicles (EV, HEV) main drives. It also provides industrial and civil power semiconductor related products, widely used in variable frequency household appliances, industrial frequency converters, photovoltaic power generation, and intelligent power equipment.
Website & Product Categories: http://www.accopower.com/
SMEC Shaoxing
Founded: 2018
Business Model: Manufacturing
Overview: Shaoxing SMEC Integrated Circuit Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (SMEC Shaoxing) was established in March 2018, headquartered in Zhejiang Shaoxing, and is a manufacturer specializing in power, sensing, and transmission applications, providing specialty process integrated circuit chips and module packaging foundry services.
Technologically, based on the Field Stop IGBT structure, it adopts advanced backside processing technologies, including backside thinning, ion implantation, laser annealing, and special metal deposition processes. Devices with 600V~1200V have been mass-produced.
Since its establishment, SMEC Shaoxing has focused on fields such as artificial intelligence, mobile communications, automotive, and industrial control, striving to achieve international first-class standards in microelectromechanical systems and power device manufacturing processes.
Website & Product Categories: https://cn.smecs.com/
Huahong Grace
Founded: 2003
Business Model: Manufacturing
Overview: Starting with the construction of the first 8-inch integrated circuit production line in mainland China, it currently has three 8-inch production lines in Shanghai Jinqiao and Zhangjiang, with a monthly capacity of about 180,000 pieces. Huahong Grace's process technology covers nodes from 1 micron to 90 nanometers, and its embedded non-volatile memory, power devices, analog and power management, and logic and RF differentiated process platforms are highly competitive in the global industry, with many years of successful mass production experience in automotive electronics chips.
Website & Product Categories: https://www.huahong.com.cn/
Shenzhen Founder Microelectronics
Founded: 2003
Business Model: Manufacturing
Overview: Shenzhen Founder Microelectronics Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Founder Microelectronics") was established in December 2003. It is a national high-tech enterprise engaged in the manufacturing of integrated circuit chips.
The company is committed to the industrialization of power management chips and new power electronic devices, continuously focusing on the market demand for power semiconductors in emerging fields such as smartphones, tablet computers, variable frequency household appliances, LED lighting, and new energy vehicles, adhering to the foundry business model, and focusing on providing customers with wafer manufacturing technology in the fields of power discrete devices (such as DMOS, IGBT, SBD, and FRD) and power integrated circuits (such as BiCMOS, BCD, and HV CMOS).
Founder Microelectronics is the first domestic manufacturer to achieve commercial application of 6-inch silicon carbide devices, with 13 series of silicon carbide products reaching international advanced levels. Additionally, the company has successfully developed HEMT and SBD devices using 6-inch silicon-based gallium nitride material, with a breakdown voltage of over 1200V, leading in domestic performance.
Website & Product Categories: http://www.founderic.com/index.aspx
Shanghai Advanced
Founded: 1988
Business Model: Manufacturing
Overview: Shanghai Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Shanghai Advanced") was established in 1988 as a Sino-Dutch joint venture known as Shanghai Philips Semiconductor Company. It was renamed Shanghai Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in 1995, restructured into a joint-stock company in 2004, and was absorbed and merged by Shanghai Jita Semiconductor Co., Ltd. in 2019, restructuring back to its current name. Located in the Caohejing New Technology Development Zone in Xuhui District, Shanghai, it is a large-scale integrated circuit chip manufacturing company. Currently, the company operates 5-inch, 6-inch, and 8-inch wafer production lines, focusing on the manufacturing of analog circuits and power devices, with an annual capacity of 664,000 8-inch equivalent wafers.
Website & Product Categories: http://asmcs.com/index.asp
Hua Hong Upper
Business Model: Manufacturing
Overview: Affiliated with Hua Hong Microelectronics, Hua Hong Upper has two six-inch foundry lines and one eight-inch foundry line. Its six-inch production line is the first open foundry in China. It is currently the largest six-inch foundry in China in terms of capacity, with a monthly output of over 210,000 pieces. The process line width is above 0.5 microns; the eight-inch production line currently has a monthly capacity of 65,000 pieces.
Website & Product Categories: https://www.crmicro.com/cpyfw2/jydg/#
Shenzhen Xinneng
Founded: 2013
Business Model: Design
Overview: Shenzhen Xinneng Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. (Xiner Xinneng Semiconductor) was established in 2013, dedicated to the R&D, application, and sales of IGBT chips, IGBT driver chips, and large power intelligent power modules. The main personnel have over ten years of industry experience and were the first in China to successfully mass-produce IGBT products based on FST technology.
Currently, Xinneng focuses on 600V and 1200V medium and low power IGBT products, with complete product series in IGBT single tubes, IPM, IGBT modules, and HVIC, leading in domestic performance. Products are widely used in industrial inverters, servo drivers, variable frequency household appliances, induction cookers, industrial power supplies, inverter welding machines, etc. For medium and high power products, Xinneng also provides systematic solutions: 650V/450A and 1200V/450A EconoDUAL intelligent IGBT power modules, 34mm modules, 62mm modules, etc., all of which are well received by end customers.
Xinneng is the only company in China that has design capabilities for IGBT chips, IGBT driver chips, and large power intelligent power modules.
Website & Product Categories: http://www.invsemi.com/index.html
Shanghai Luxin
Founded: 2015
Business Model: Design
Overview: Shanghai Luxin Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. is a high-tech company focused on the latest generation of power semiconductor devices. The company has continuously strived and successfully passed the ISO9001:2015 quality management system certification, owning independent intellectual property and brand. Luxin currently holds 17 independent innovation patents.
Luxin Technology has strong process development technology and design capabilities, leading the domestic new generation of power semiconductor technology. Luxin's power semiconductor products include: the latest generation Trench Field-Stop technology 400V 200A400A series IGBT, 650V 10A200A series IGBT, 1200V&1350V 15A100A series IGBT; 500V900V series SJMOS, 650V&1200V series power diodes; 650V&1200V series SiC diodes.
Luxin's products (IGBT, SJMOS, SiC) include chips, single tubes, and modules, with the following technical advantages: achieving high blocking voltage in IGBTs by optimizing the voltage-resistant terminal ring, effectively reducing chip size, meeting industrial and automotive reliability standards; optimizing saturation voltage drop and switching speed by controlling minority carrier lifetime; achieving optimal Safe Operating Area (SOA) and Short Circuit Safe Operating Area (SCSOA) performance; improving the reliability of the IGBT active area cell design to suppress the IGBT latch-up effect; adjusting backside thinning, injection, annealing, back metal, and other processes; achieving mass production of wafers with thicknesses from 60um to 180um.
Website & Product Categories: http://www.lu-semi.com/
CAS Junxin
Founded: 2011
Business Model: Design
Overview: Jiangsu CAS Junxin Technology Co., Ltd. is a Sino-foreign joint venture high-tech enterprise focused on the R&D of new power electronic chips such as IGBT, FRD, etc. Established at the end of 2011, relying on the scientific research team and R&D platform of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, combined with technical elites from home and abroad and a professional market management team.
As a leader in the domestic industry, Junxin Technology is the first in China to develop Trench FS technology and truly achieve mass production. The company's IGBT chips, single tubes, and module products range from 600V to 6500V, covering the current main voltage and current segments, and have been batch applied in fields such as induction heating, inverter welding machines, industrial frequency conversion, new energy, etc., and have been widely recognized by customers.
Junxin's original DCS technology will be applied in the latest automotive-grade IGBT chips.
Website & Product Categories: http://www.cas-junshine.com/index.htm
Wuxi New Clean Energy
Founded: 2009
Business Model: Design
Overview: Wuxi New Clean Energy specializes in the R&D and sales of semiconductor power devices. The company's main products include: 12V200V trench-type power MOSFETs (N-channel and P-channel), 30V300V shielded gate power MOSFETs (N-channel and P-channel), 500V900V superjunction power MOSFETs, 600V1350V trench gate cutoff type IGBTs, with several core technologies having obtained multiple patent authorizations. The four major product series have been recognized as high-tech products by Jiangsu Province.
Website & Product Categories: http://www.ncepower.com/index.aspx
Keda Semiconductor
Founded: 2007
Business Model: Design
Overview: Keda Semiconductor Co., Ltd. mainly engages in the design, production, and sales of new power semiconductor devices (power electronic devices) such as IGBT, FRD, MOSFET, etc. The company has a first-class domestic design and R&D team, and its IGBT and FRD products are advanced in China. The company owns a provincial design center, a provincial power semiconductor engineering center, and is equipped with a fully functional performance testing laboratory and reliability laboratory. The company's products are widely used in induction cookers, small power inverters, inverter welding machines, brushless motor controllers, UPS, switching power supplies, LCD TVs and monitors, solar applications, and other fields.
Website & Product Categories: http://www.kedasemi.com/
Xi'an Xinpai
Founded: 2008
Business Model: Design
Overview: Xi'an Xinpai Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as Xinpai Technology) was established in 2008. It is a high-tech enterprise integrating R&D, production, and sales. Products include: medium and high power field-effect transistors (MOSFET, low to high voltage full range of products), insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBT), diodes (including fast recovery diodes and Schottky diodes), bridge stacks, and power management ICs, etc.
Website & Product Categories: http://www.semipower.com.cn/Home/Index
Wuxi Tsinghua Micro
Business Model: Design
Overview: Wuxi Tsinghua Microelectronics Co., Ltd., invested by Tsinghua Tongxin Microelectronics Co., Ltd., is a high-tech enterprise focused on the design, R&D, chip processing, packaging testing, and product sales of advanced semiconductor power devices and integrated circuits.
The company's team consists of members with rich product design and management experience, having worked for many years in well-known semiconductor companies at home and abroad. The company develops and produces SJ MOSFET, DT MOSFET, HV VDMOS, IGBT, IGTO, Half Bridge Gate Driver, and other advanced semiconductor power devices, as well as related power management integrated circuits, widely used in energy-saving, green lighting, wind power generation, smart grids, hybrid/electric vehicles, instrumentation, consumer electronics, and other fields.
Website & Product Categories: http://tsinghuaicwx.com/index.asp