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New Wolfspeed Silicon Carbide Semiconductors First to Meet Automotive AEC-Q101 Standards

2018-08-02 | Return
 

DURHAM, N.C. -- Wolfspeed, A Cree Company and leader in silicon carbide (SiC) power products, announces E-Series, a new family of robust SiC semiconductor devices for the Electric Vehicle (EV) and renewable energy markets that delivers the highest available power density and durability for on-board automotive power conversion systems, off-board charging, solar inverters and other outdoor applications.  Wolfspeed’s E-Series family is the first commercial family of SiC MOSFETs and diodes to be automotive AEC-Q101 qualified and PPAP capable.  The designation makes it the only commercially available family of SiC MOSFETs and diodes that meet high-humidity and automotive qualifications to deliver some of the most reliable and corrosion-resistant components in the power market today.

“The new E-Series
 family provides automotive manufacturers with robust, automotive-qualified MOSFETs and diodes for on-board and off-board charging circuits, which are crucial to the evolution of EV technology,” said Cengiz Balkas, senior vice president and general manager of Wolfspeed.  “The commercial rollout of the E-Series family establishes Wolfspeed as the first in the industry to launch a full suite of MOSFETs and diodes that are capable of withstanding high-humidity environments while offering the reliability and system-level value needed to drive widespread adoption of silicon carbide among automakers for their next generation of EVs.”

With the new automotive-qualified SiC MOSFET, Wolfspeed becomes the first and only silicon carbide semiconductor manufacturer to offer a complete family of qualified parts to the EV market.  The portfolio expansion also enables Wolfspeed to supply power conversion components within an EV for an end-to-end solution.

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