Title :
Silicon carbide based power devices
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., KTH R. Inst. of Technol., Kista, Sweden
Abstract :
Silicon carbide is considered as a strong power semiconductor material candidate to address the emerging market of hybrid electrical vehicle, photovoltaic inverter applications as well as power supplies. This paper presents the current technology status on the most promising device types that are or soon will be available on the market.
Keywords :
power semiconductor devices; semiconductor materials; silicon compounds; current technology status; hybrid electrical vehicle; photovoltaic inverter applications; power semiconductor material; power supply; silicon carbide based power devices;
Conference_Titel :
Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4424-7418-5
Electronic_ISBN :
0163-1918
DOI :
10.1109/IEDM.2010.5703354
