Power Electronics Europe Feb/March 2023

CONTENTS www.power-mag.com Issue 1 2023 Power Electronics Europe 3 Editor Achim Scharf Tel: +49 (0)892865 9794 Fax: +49 (0)892800 132 Email: PowerElectronicsEurope@t-online.de Production Editor Chris Davis Tel: +44 (0)1732 370340 Financial Manager Joanne Morgan Tel: +44 (0)1732 370340 Fax: +44 (0)1732 360034 Email: accounts@dfamedia.co.uk Reader/Circulation Enquiries Perception Tel: +44 (0) 1825 701520 Email: dfamedia@dmags.co.uk INTERNATIONAL SALES OFFICES Mainland Europe: Victoria Hufmann Norbert Hufmann Tel: +49 911 9397 643 Fax: +49 911 9397 6459 Email: pee@hufmann.info Eastern US Ian Atkinson Tel: +44 (0)1732 370340 Fax: +44 (0)1732 360034 Email: ian@dfamedia.co.uk Western US and Canada Ian Atkinson Tel: +44 (0)1732 370340 Fax: +44 (0)1732 360034 Email: ian@dfamedia.co.uk Japan: Yoshinori Ikeda, Pacific Business Inc Tel: 81-(0)3-3661-6138 Fax: 81-(0)3-3661-6139 Email: pbi2010@gol.com Taiwan Prisco Ind. Service Corp. Tel: 886 2 2322 5266 Fax: 886 2 2322 2205 Publisher & UK Sales Ian Atkinson Tel: +44 (0)1732 370340 Fax: +44 (0)1732 360034 Email: ian@dfamedia.co.uk www.power-mag.com Circulation and subscription: Power Electronics Europe is available for the following subscription charges. Power Electronics Europe : annual charge UK/NI £95, overseas $160, EUR 150. Contact: DFA Manufacturing Media, 192 The High Street, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1BE Great Britain. Tel: +44 (0)1732 370340 . Fax: +44 (0)1732 360034 . Refunds on cancelled subscriptions will only be provided at the Publisher’s discretion, unless specifically guaranteed within the terms of subscription offer. Editorial information should be sent to The Editor, Power Electronics Europe , PO Box 340131, 80098 Munich, Germany. The contents of Power Electronics Europe are subject to reproduction in information storage and retrieval systems. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system without the express prior written consent of the publisher. Printed by: Warners. ISSN 1748-3530 PAGE 5 Market News PEE looks at the latest Market News and company developments PAGE 8 Industry News PAGE 16 Wolfspeed grows to meet supply challenge and launches high performance Gen 3+ die Silicon Carbide (SiC), known for long as the ideal semiconductor technology for power devices, has with design and manufacturing innovation not only increased its share of the existing market but enabled new applications, such as electric vehicles (EVs), by offering higher power density, better high-speed switching performance, higher breakdown field, higher thermal conductivity, higher chip temperatures, and lower leakage currents than are possible with Silicon (Si). Anri Mikirtichev, Product Marketing Engineer, Wolfspeed, Amy Romero, Power Die Applications Engineer, Wolfspeed PAGE 20 eGaN FETs enable more than 4 kW/in3 power density for 48 V to 12 V power conversion GaN transistors in Chip Scale Package (CSP) enable higher than 4 kW/in3 power density for 48V to 12V power conversion using an LLC resonant converter with up to 1 kW capability. Alejandro Pozo PAGE 23 Products PAGE 26 Web Locator Solving the Challenges of Increasing Power Density By Reducing Number of Power Rails By Andy Wang, Business Line Director, High- Voltage Power Business Unit Allegro MicroSystem s More details on page 12. Reduced Size. Increased Efficiency. Faster Design. Isolated Gate Drivers with No External Bias Power Supply FEATURE STORY To receive your own copy of Power Electronics Europe subscribe today at: www.power-mag.com