Devices Market Will Reach About $45M by 2010 for the Schottky Business - Powersic - Status & Forecasts Silicon Carbide Devices for Power Electronics Market.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c39986) has announced the addition of PowerSiC - Status & Forecasts Silicon Carbide silicon carbide, chemical compound, SiC, that forms extremely hard, dark, iridescent crystals that are insoluble in water and other common solvents. Widely used as an abrasive, it is marketed under such familiar trade names as Carborundum and Crystolon. Devices for Power Electronics Market to their offering. PFC PFC abbr. private first class Noun 1. PFC - a powerful greenhouse gas emitted during the production of aluminum perfluorocarbon will handle a $100M devices market in 2012. Hybrid cars hybrid car, hybrid vehicle hybrid n → Hybridfahrzeug nt or -auto nt , solar & wind power and industry will then sustain the growth. Recent developments in SiC MOSFETs and other switches open the door of new coming applications. With the latest Rohm announcement of RBonB = 3.1 mO.cm2, MOSFETs are coming out the labs struggling with best silicon trench-MOS currently available. It is now possible to envisage en·vis·age tr.v. en·vis·aged, en·vis·ag·ing, en·vis·ag·es 1. To conceive an image or a picture of, especially as a future possibility: envisaged a world at peace. 2. full-SiC power modules. Others challengers on MOSFETs are Mitsubishi Electric Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (三菱電機株式会社 , Denso, Philips, Semisouth,... This will go with the implementation of new SiC-based converters and inverters. SiC will allow a dramatic reduction in size and weight along with an improvement of power conversion. Electric motor drivers are the first seen applications in both the industry and the hybrid automotive fields. In 2016, 5 millions hybrid cars could benefit from SiC devices. First power-module prototypes are going out of R&D labs, as shown by Kansai Electric and Cree or MELCO MELCO Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) MELCO Micro Electronics Company, Ltd (Mumbai, India) . Solar and wind power players are starting to look at these components as well. 2005 has seen the involvement of new players in SiC power devices business like Rohm, International Rectifier International Rectifier Corp. (NYSE: IRF) is a manufacturer of power semiconductors (MOSFET, IGBT, diodes and thyristors), located in El Segundo, California, USA. It has a market capitalization of 2.48 billion USD and is listed on the S&P Midcap 400. , ST Microelectronics, and Philips in collaboration with Chalmers University. Even if SiC Schottky diodes The Schottky diode (named after German physicist Walter H. Schottky; also known as hot carrier diode) is a semiconductor diode with a low forward voltage drop and a very fast switching action. are offering sharp improvements over silicon-based diodes, it deals with a complete re-design of the power supply. This leads to a slow market penetration Noun 1. market penetration - the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market penetration - the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women" , starting with high-end devices and now migrating to mid-end applications. This report forecasts the devices market will reach about $45M by 2010 for the Schottky business. The target price for such a component is expected to decrease down to 0.2$/Amp but the current level is still laying at approximatelty 0.45$/Amp. The report also forecasts PFC will handle a approximatelty $75M SiC devices market in 2012. It is expected that PFC manufacturers will then jump massively on this technique, marketing new SiC-based products. The report set this high CAGR CAGR See: Compound Annual Growth Rate curve to start by 2009 targeting a total accessible market of 1.2 billion PFC units in 2006. Apart from regular silicon diodes, few competing SiC materials exist today for these applications. However a GaN-based Schottky diode has been recently introduced. The learning curve for this product has to be kept into investigation but the authors are confident with SiC monopoly for the next 3-5 years. The introduction of 4" wafers will help to reach this target, allowing the use of regular semiconductor capital equipment. 2007 should see the introduction of 4" SiC at production level. Coupled with the reduction of micropipes density, now close to 0, both parameters will impact positively the productivity of such a component. Topics Discussed Include: Executive summary A vision of Power Devices market in 2015... Emerging technologies roadmap for Power Devices production: SiC as a key trend for future power electronics Global Power Devices Market SiC power electronics market SiC devices: Automotive applications Inverters for solar power Power converters for wind turbines Others SiC devices on the run Alternatives to SiC: GaN and diamond electronics For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c39986 |
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