The energy savings benefit against some re-engineering effort is a positive trade-off in power electronics designs. Leading power semiconductor suppliers, such as Renesas Electronics continue to invest R∧D funds to improve the performance of power MOSFETs, IGBTs and other devices. IGBTs are a very different power device technology but show a similar improvement trend. 600V 5us tsc IGBTs are popular in motor drives, where conduction losses, switching losses, and short circuit ruggedness are all important performance characteristics. A regular adoption of the newest generation devices provides a clear path to incorporate periodic energy savings into their products or systems for the circuit designer.