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Rogers Corporation
Power Electronics Solutions at
Rogers Corporation
Rogers’ advanced, customized compo-
nents enable the performance and reli-
ability of today’s growing array of Power
Electronics devices. Rogers’ material
technologies are significantly increasing
efficiency, managing heat, and ensur-
ing the reliability of critical devices used
in converting energy into controlled and
regulated power that can be used and
managed. Rogers’ Power Electronics
Solutions division covers three major
product lines:
ROLINX
®
busbars
Rogers designs and manufactures lami-
nated and powder coated busbars which
meet the most stringent requirements
for rail traction converters, grid, wind
and solar converters and drives for indus-
trial applications. ROLINX
®
busbars fea-
ture low inductance, controlled partial
discharge, high current capabilities and
compactness. As the global leader in the
world of laminated busbars, ROLINX
®
‘s
main differentiators are superb quality
and reliability, electrical and mechanical
expertise, co-engineering and flexible
lead times.
curamik
®
ceramic substrates
curamik
®
ceramic substrates consist of
pure copper bonded to a ceramic sub-
strate such as Al
2
O
3
, Zr doted Al
2
O
3
, AlN
or silicon based Si
3
N
4
. Rogers provides two
technologies to attach the substrate with
the copper. DBC (direct bond copper) –
a high temperature melting and diffusion
process where the pure copper is bonded
onto the ceramic and AMB (active metal
brazing) – a high temperature process
where the pure copper is brazed onto the
ceramic substrate. The high heat conduc-
tivity of the ceramic as well as the high
heat capacity and thermal spreading of
the thick copper cladding makes curamik
®
substrates indispensable to power elec-
tronics.
curamik
®
micro-channel coolers
curamik
®
micro-channel coolers consist
of several layers of pure copper with very
fine structures. These layers create three-
dimensional structures for cooling high
performance electronics. The design of
the different layers can be adjusted to
customer-specific requirements. curamik
®
coolers are used for Laser Diode cooling,
but also for the cooling of high-perfor-
mance components, high brightness LED
or solar-cell arrays.
