Ideal Power Inc (IPWR)

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IPWR's new transistors that they are developing are silcon based, AND they are "BD-IGBT's - Bi Directional Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors", instead of just IGBT's like they use today. And yeah, these new transistors are supposed to be approaching 99% efficiency.

Back in post #43 by ffoggy, the subject of CREE's new SiC mosfets came up, and if they posed a threat to ipwr's new transistor effort. My response was basical that IF they are better than the new BD transistors of ipwr, then ipwr could simply buy the new SiC mosfets and incorporate it into their design...worse case. They'll still have all the other advantages that their unique design gives them over the competition. However, I'm hoping these new BD transistors will be as efficient as the CREE SiC mosftets...and cheaper too.

Hope this clarifies things.