Systems designers of traction power units (TPUs), auxiliary power units (APUs), solid-state transformers (SSTs), industrial motor drives, and power infrastructure solutions require high-voltage switching technology to increase efficiency and reduce system size and weight.
Microchip Technology announced the expansion of its SiC portfolio with the launch of the industry's lowest on-resistance (RDS(on)) 3.3 kV SiC MOSFETs and highest current rated SiC SBDs available on the market, enabling designers to take advantage of robustness, reliability and performance.
With Microchip's expanding SiC portfolio, designers are equipped with the tools to develop smaller, lighter and more efficient solutions for electrified transportation, renewable energy, aerospace and industrial applications.
Many silicon-based designs have reached their limits in efficiency improvements, system cost reductions and application innovation. While high voltage SiC provides a proven alternative for achieving these results, the availability of 3.3 kV SiC power devices has been limited until now.
Microchip's 3.3 kV MOSFETs and SBDs join the company's comprehensive portfolio of SiC solutions that includes 700V, 1200V and 1700V arrays, discretes, modules and digital gate drivers.
Microchip's 3.3 kV SiC power devices include MOSFETs with the industry's lowest RDS(on) of 25 mOhm and SBDs with the industry's highest current rating of 90 amps. Both MOSFETs and SBDs are available in die or package form. These new levels of performance allow designers to simplify their designs, create higher power systems, and use fewer components in parallel for smaller, lighter, more efficient power solutions.
“We focus on developments that give our customers the ability to innovate systems quickly and move their end products to a position of competitive advantage more quickly,” said Leon Gross, vice president of Microchip's discrete products business unit. “Our new family of 3.3 kV SiC power products allows customers to migrate to high voltage SiC with ease, speed and confidence and benefit from the many advantages of this exciting technology over silicon-based designs.”
Microchip has released hundreds of SiC devices and power solutions to production over the past three years, ensuring designers can find the right voltage, current and package for their application requirements. All Microchip SiC MOSFETs and SBDs are designed with customer confidence in mind, featuring robustness and reliability.
The company's devices are backed by its customer-driven obsolescence practice, which ensures that devices will continue to be produced as long as customers need them.
Customers can combine Microchip SiC products with the company's other devices, including 8-, 16-, and 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), power management devices, analog sensors, touch, gesture controllers, and wireless connectivity solutions to create solutions complete systems at a lower price. overall system cost.
The expanded SiC portfolio is supported by a variety of SiC SPICE models compatible with Microchip's MPLAB Mindi analog simulator modules and driver board reference designs. The Intelligent Configuration Tool (ICT) allows designers to model efficient SiC gate driver configurations for Microchip's AgileSwitch family of configurable digital gate drivers.
