To demonstrate the feasibility of a low cost SiC hybrid power module

Completed

Energy Efficiency(Other)
Energy Efficiency(Residential and commercial)
Energy Efficiency(Transport)
Renewable Energy Sources(Solar Energy, Photovoltaics)
Not Energy Related
Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electric power conversion)

Applied Research and Development

PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Physics)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting

Project Contact
Anvil Semiconductors Limited

Feasibility Study

Innovate UK

01 November 2015

31 October 2016

12 months

£199,110

West Midlands

Competition Call: 1411_FS_ENE_GEN_ENCATES2 - Energy Catalyst Rnd 2 - (FS). Activity Energy Catalyst Rnd 2 - (FS)

Project Contact, Anvil Semiconductors Limited

Project Contact, Manufacturing Technology Centre Limited

Driven by competition, demand and legislation designers of products are striving for increased efficiency, smaller size and weight and lower cost, but they are limited by the efficiency constraints of Si or the cost of today s SiC devices. Anvil s unique SiC technology enables the development of devices with the efficiency and size benefits of SiC but at the cost of silicon. However the benefits that can be achieved by changing to SiC are limited by the switching speeds which are in turn limited by the inductances produced by non-close coupling of discrete devices and ancillaries. This project is to develop a low cost hybrid module to enable close coupling of devices and ancillaries, reduce inductances and achieve switching speeds of 100KHz. This significantly increases efficiencies and reduces size and weight by removing ancillary components and heat sinks. The potential applications for such a module are very wide indeed: for example LED lighting, PV converters, general power supplies, electric car charging and EV/HEV.Driven by competition, demand and legislation designers of products are striving for increased efficiency, smaller size and weight and lower cost, but they are limited by the efficiency constraints of Si or the cost of today s SiC devices. Anvil s unique SiC technology enables the development of devices with the efficiency and size benefits of SiC but at the cost of silicon. However the benefits that can be achieved by changing to SiC are limited by the switching speeds which are in turn limited by the inductances produced by non-close coupling of discrete devices and ancillaries. This project is to develop a low cost hybrid module to enable close coupling of devices and ancillaries, reduce inductances and achieve switching speeds of 100KHz. This significantly increases efficiencies and reduces size and weight by removing ancillary components and heat sinks. The potential applications for such a module are very wide indeed: for example LED lighting, PV converters, general power supplies, electric car charging and EV/HEV.

13/02/18