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ABB Corporate Research
ABB is a global leader in power and
automation technologies that enable
utility and industry customers to improve
their performance while minimizing
environmental impact. The company
seeks to improve performance, drive in-
novation, and attract talent, while always
acting responsibly. With a presence in
more than 100 countries, the ABB Group
of companies employs over 140,000
people. The business is organized in four
divisions: Power Grids, Electrification
Products, Discrete Automation & Motion
and Process Automation.
ABB Corporate Research is a global organi-
zation employing approx. 850 research
engineers. At each of its seven research
centers around the world, scientists are
working hard toward novel technological
achievements that will help strengthen
the four ABB Group divisions. In line with
ABB‘s mission to drive innovation, the
mission of ABB Corporate Research is to
maintain and strengthen the company‘s
position as a technology innovation
leader. ABB Corporate Research drives
solution-oriented projects, facilitates re-
cruitment of talent researchers, and serves
as the primary interface for university
collaborations and publicly funded pro-
jects. In Europe, ABB Corporate Research
Centers are located in Baden-Dättwil
(Switzerland), Västerås (Sweden), Laden-
burg (Germany) and Krakow (Poland).
At the Corporate Research organization
the power electronics research starts
with the semiconductor: devices are
designed and fabricated in a cleanroom
facility, dies are packed and integrated
into larger assemblies, where the devices
are arranged in circuits with optimized
topologies. From semiconductors to
power electronics hardware and system
aspects, the research covers the full
spectrum. Application oriented power
electronics research ranges from Power
Supplies, Low Voltage and Medium Volt-
age Grids, UPS, PV Inverters and Energy
Storage, Vehicle Charging, Drives and
Wind converters, Traction Drives, Mo-
tion Control and Robotics, FACTS, Grid
Interties, Energy Storage Systems and
HVDC. The Corporate Research Center
closely cooperates with the R&D centers
of the ABB power electronics business
units and the ABB Semiconductor factories.
Highlights Power Electronics
Research at ABB:
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Semiconductor technologies, e.g. wide
bandgap high power semiconductors.
•
Power module technology develop-
ment for industrial, traction and HVDC
applications.
•
Next Generation Power Electronics
Building Block (PEBB) developments
for multiple applications
•
Power electronics multilevel topology
developments, e.g. ANPC MV Drive
or MMC HVDC technology, and its
related control
•
Integration of new technologies and
development of new applications
•
Research activities in magnetics, EMI and
cooling of power electronics systems.
