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FOREWORD
by Victor Veliadisvi
MARKET OVERVIEW1 Introduction3 Power SiC in the EV Era: Fasten your Sealt Belts 4 SiC Market: Traction, Trends, and Future 8
TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS 11
SiC Power Devices 12
The Next Wave of Semiconductors with SiC13
The Physics, Structure, and Properties of Silicon Carbide16
The Fabrication Processes and Substrate Features of Silicon Carbide20
Fabricating SiC Devices:
Making the Transition from Silicon24
Silicon Carbide: Beyond the Design and Packaging 30 Adoption of Silicon Carbide in Power Electronics 34 SiC Use Proliferates in New EV Designs 40 The Journey from Track to Road 44 Power Technologies in EVs 48
Maximizing the Potential of Renewable Energy with SiC: Helping to Generate, Distribute, and Convert Today’s Green Energy for a Better Tomorrow51
Motor Control Design with SiC Power Devices54 What Makes SiC MOSFETs the Perfect Solution for
String Inverters and Energy Storage Solutions? 58
SiC Is Essential to Advancing EV and Energy Infrastructure 63
ASPENCORE NEWS COVERAGE 71 Silicon Carbide Adoption Enters Next Phase72
The Importance of SiC Semiconductors for Energy Efficiency75
SiC Drives Innovation in Power Applications 78 Where Do SiC’s Benefits Add Up? 81
Enhancing Industrial Drive Energy Efficiency with SiC MOSFETs84
High-Density SiC Power Modules Meet Formula E Challenges87
Modeling and Validation of SiC Power Modules 90 Illustrating the Advantages SiC MOSFETs Offer in
Power Electronics 95 Onsemi Brings Silicon Carbide to Formula E Power
Inverter99 Pushing the Limits of Weight & Power Delivery in EV
Hypercars 101 Improving the SiC Wafer Process 105
RESOURCES 109 Origins of SiC FETs and Their Evolution Toward the
Perfect Switch 110 New Semiconductor Technologies Are Driving Higher
Efficiency in Power Conversion 117 Delivering on the EV Range Extension Promise of SiC in
Traction Inverters 123 New Generation of SiC MOSFETs Geared Toward xEVs
& Industrial Applications 127 The SiC Production Process 131
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 133
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