• DocumentCode
    1770927
  • Title

    Power electronics innovation by Silicon Carbide power semiconductor devices

  • Author

    Okumura, Hajime

  • Author_Institution
    Adv. Power Electron. Res. Center (ADPERC), Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol. (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    19-20 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The importance of power electronics innovation in the future human society and related technology roadmap is presented. Based on the roadmap, recent progress in widegap semiconductor power electronics is reviewed, especially focused on Silicon Carbide (SiC) technology [1-3].
  • Keywords
    power semiconductor devices; silicon compounds; wide band gap semiconductors; SiC; power electronics innovation; silicon carbide power semiconductor devices; widegap semiconductor power electronics; Inverters; Power systems; Silicon; Silicon carbide; Switches; Technological innovation; Electric Power Conversion; Inverter; Power Electronics; Power Semiconductor Device; SiC; Silicon Carbide;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Future of Electron Devices, Kansai (IMFEDK), 2014 IEEE International Meeting for
  • Conference_Location
    Kyoto
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-3614-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IMFEDK.2014.6867086
  • Filename
    6867086