SILICON CARBIDE
Material
Silicon carbide (SiC) is a next generation semiconductor material with the potential to revolutionize the power semiconductor industry, which is driven by fast growth in demand for energy-efficient high-performance power electronic systems.
Silicon carbide possesses unique material properties making it:
- Withstand 10x higher voltages than conventional silicon,
- Hard as diamond,
- Have the same conductivity as copper, and
- Radiation hard.