Seminar: Power Components in Silicon Carbide

-Applications and Challenges

Tuesday 6 th of November 2007 Electrum Conference in Kista

Programme

9:30-10:00 Registration, Coffee

 

10:00-10:15 Welcome & Introduction

Bo Hammarlund,TranSiC AB

 

10:15-11:00 "Why SiC is not sick"

-Applications where SiC is the alternative and opens up new possibilities for system design

Bo Hammarlund, TranSiC AB

 

11:00-11:45 "Hot SiC"

-Practical experiences with Silicon Carbide components in designs

Edgar Cilio, Arkansas Power Electronics International Inc.

 

11:45-13:00 Lunch

 

13:15-14:00 "A jungle of devices"

-Overview of commercial SiC devices and what acronyms to remember.

Carl-Mikael Zetterling (KTH)

 

14:00-14:45 "Can you trust the package?"

-Reliability of packaged devices in rough temperature environments

Josef Lutz, Tech Univ Chemnitz

 

14:45-15:15 Coffee

 

15:15-16:00 "Is size everything?"

- Overview of wafer size, epitaxy, quality and reliability

Adolf Schöner, Acreo AB

 

16:00-16:30 Discussion with voices from the audience

 

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