As SiC material (substrate and epi), diameter, quality and cost have continued to improve over the past decade, SiC based electronics have seen rapid adoption in applications requiring efficient power conversion at high voltage and current. Battery Electric Vehicles are currently the largest projected market for SiC devices, but for the market to grow to its potential, SiC material, device and module technologies need to mature and advance even further. In particular, Silicon power module and packaging technologies should be modified to leverage the temperature, switching frequency, power density, and voltage capabilities of SiC. We will see how ongoing SiC technology advancements, coupled with high volume 200 mm manufacturing and its associated cost reductions, have the potential to enable significantly expanded applications areas with addressable market size, hitting the $10 B milestone and beyond!
Christian Vieider – General Manager at Coherent business unit for Wide Bandgap Electronics. Responsible for the Kista site in Sweden with production of SiC epitaxial wafers and development of SiC power devices. Co-founder and Managing Director of SiC technology company Ascatron in 2011, which was acquired by Coherent (former II-VI) in 2020. Master of Science in Engineering Physics in 1988. Started his career as process engineer for silicon power transistors at the Swedish Institute for Microelectronics. Established MEMS technology at the research institute and developed different micorchip products with his team for wide range of industrial applications from telecom to biotechnology. Inventor of 14 patents and author of 34 scientific publications.