Broadcom’s industrial fiber products are used widely in green energy applications, including solar and wind power generation, energy storage, energy metering and monitoring, smart grid, and motor drives. These products are highly reliable in harsh industrial environments, providing mission-critical system control and communications, high-voltage isolation and protection, and accurate optical sensing and measurement.
Broadcom is a leading supplier of industrial fiber products for communication and power over fiber. Both technologies are complementary to each other and can together fulfill full optical isolation. This is fundamental for the energy transition over the coming years and decades, as it allows measurement of the electrical current in high voltage applications with a high measurement frequency. This is necessary for fast reactions in smart grids.
Very power efficient solutions e.g. Trains or power plants will use SiC gate drivers. With a complimentary solution of Power over Fiber and control signals over Fiber, it is possible to isolate gate drivers completely galvanically and drive converters more efficiently. Stable operation of HV installation will be one challenge after the energy transition. With Broadcom´s Arc flash detection portfolio, it is possible to detect failures and switch the HV installation “off” to avoid damage. We have the complete portfolio for optical Arc Flash detection including Sensor, Sensor Fiber, Detector and all necessary connectors.
