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Difficulties faced during the reduction of the cost of power electronics

what are the main challenges faced while facilitating the reduction of component costs?

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By Amrita Goyal Answered 7 years ago

Quality is one of the issues or reduced rejection is the main issue to deal with, in manufacturing power electronics components economically.

By Brijesh Sharma Answered 7 years ago

The main challenges faced while facilitating the reduction of component costs:
1. Isolation for high voltage
2. Heat transfer
3. EMC filters
4. Power connection to motor phases

By Supriya Mishra Answered 7 years ago

The issues in the high cost of power devices are:
They demand high quality starting material to withstand high voltage.
They need high-quality control and intensive testing during and after the manufacturing, which increases the production cost.
They need special edge treatment to prevent the edge breakdown.

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