“If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!” will soon be a saying belonging only to foul mouthed Scottish celebrity chefs.
Induction cook-tops, once thought of as high-end consumer products, have found growing acceptance and fast adoption among consumers in Europe with demand ‘simmering’ in the rest of the world.
Operating on the concept of induction heating, considered one of the most advanced technological innovations in the area of cooking, the growth of the household induction cook-top market is being driven by the cost increase of traditional fuels (natural gas & LPG). At the same time an increase in disposable income is funding a desire for a more comfortable kitchen working environment as well as improved heat control and energy efficiency gains.
The global induction cook-top market is experiencing a moderate CAGR of 5.3% and is currently dominated by Europe, which accounts for more than one third of the global demand. However, growing urbanization in emerging markets such as India, Latin America, Brazil and China is expected to drive significant demand over the next few years. For example, analysts forecast the induction cooktop market in India to grow at a CAGR of 35.4% by 2016.
The majority of end products are coming from European manufacturers; Miele, Smeg, AB Electrolux, Whirlpool, BSH etc. and these are popular and well established brands in the Asia Pacific market. The key strategy of these leading players is product innovation and this is where ON Semiconductor brings value and differentiation to this market, especially with our new Field Stop II IGBT technology. To learn more, join us this week at PCIM Hall 6, Booth: 559.

ON Semiconductor at PCIM
This week, at the PCIM Exhibition in Nuremberg (May 19th to 21st 2015) Vitorrio Crisafulli and Marco Antretter of ON Semiconductor will deliver a conference paper on Design Considerations to Increase Power Density in Induction Cooking Applications Using New Field Stop II Technology IGBT. We invite you to stop by this session to learn more!
The full schedule of ON Semiconductor presentations is as follows:
Tuesday, May 19th - Poster Dialogue Session
15:30 – 17:00
PP017 - Development of 650V Cascode GaN Technology
Charlie Liu, ON Semiconductor
PP020 - 1 kW LLC Resonant Converter with HV GaN Switches
Adam Vasicek, ON Semiconductor
PP012 - Design Considerations to Increase Power Density in induction cooking Applications using the new Field stop II Technology IGBT
Vittorio Crisafulli, Marco Antretter, ON Semiconductor
Wednesday, May 20th - Poster Dialogue Session
15:30 – 17:00
PP099 - Kelvin Source Connection for High Current IGBTs. A way to get high Energy Efficiency
Vittorio Crisafulli, Marco Antretter, ON Semiconductor,D
Thursday, May 21st - Presentation at the Exhibitors Forum Hall 7, Booth 260
14:00 – 14:20
Advanced Silicon and GaN Power Technologies from ON Semiconductor for Next Generation Applications in the Medium to High Voltage Range
Chris Rexer, Jason McDonald
Why not join us and see ‘what’s cooking’?