"PowerSiC 06": Status & forecasts silicon carbide devices for power electronics market

Table of Contents

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

• Definition
• List of considered devices
• Main applications of power devices
• Silicon Power Devices Capabilities
• Positioning of the SiC components in power electronics
• Power Devices Technical Challenges
• Most targeted applications by devices type
• Power devices market forecast in M$
• 2003-2009: The global power devices market:
  • IPM will represent more than 50% by 2008
• Comparison with mainstream SC market:
  • in 2005, Power Devices is accounting for ~10%
• Focus on Discretes market:
  • 2003->2005: Power MOSFETs are pushing in
• Focus on IPM:
  • Voltage regulators are leading the market
• Ranking of power devices manufacturers 2004 ranking based on sales
• Power Devices over total IC revenues
• Power devices manufacturers: key data and involvement in SiC
• Fab geographical breakdown in Europe
• Fab geographical breakdown in NA & Mexico
• Fab geographical breakdown in Asia
• Fab location & wafers production for Power Devices: 2005 geographical breakdown
• Worldwide fab capacity per products type
  • Breakdown by regions
• Worldwide fab capacity per regions
  • Breakdown by products type
• 2003-2009 wafers consumption
  • (6" equ. wafers units)
• Wafers size breakdown
• Power Devices : from a material point of view...

SiC power electronics market

• SiC power electronic devices:
  • Market status: small but promising...
• Power electronics market segmentation
• SiC diodes and transistors
  • Main targeted applications and specs
• SiC Power electronics
  • Applications roadmap 2005-2009
• SiC-based applications roadmap
• Substrates roadmap: Power Devices
  • Material trends and substrates market forecasts
• Status of SiC-based devices
• Material / applications comparison matrix & evolution
• SiC component costs breakdown comparison
• Process cost per square units for different SiC components
• SiC power devices:
  • chips size and power density
• Power Factor Correctors market
  • SiC Schottky diodes (SBD) main market characteristics
  • SiC SBD main advantages in PFC circuits
  • SiC Schottky diodes 2005 market status
  • SiC Schottky diodes2005 market data
  • 2005 Schottky diodes production estimation
  • Roadmap for Schottky ASP 2002 - 2010
  • SiC Schottky diodes Devices specs roadmap (R&D)
  • SiC Schottky diodes Evolution of commercially available Amperage
  • 2003-2010 SiC Schottky diodes market forecasts in units and
  • Power Electronics: 2003-2010 SiC Schottky diodes wafers consumption in units
  • Power Electronics: Wafers market for SiC Schottky diodes
  • Potential SiC Schottky diodes users for PFC TOP 15 power supplies manufacturers
  • Product example: International Rectifier: 4H-SiC Schottky Diodes

SiC devices: Automotive applications

• Why SiC in cars ?
• Automotive Application: Current technologies in use
• Automotive Application: Hybrid Electrical Vehicle (HEV) requirements.
• Automotive Application: HEV: Expected results of SiC introduction:
• The TOP 5 key requirements for power transistors in HEV (according to Toyota)
• Roadmap for operation voltage in HEV
• Projection of market shares of EV, HEV & FCV over ICE to 2020
• Sales projection for EV, HEV & FCV to 2020 in million units
• Sales volume projection for SiC diodes and transistors in automotive applications
• Sales revenues projection for SiC diodes and transistors in automotive applications
• Industry involvement: Possible SiC devices buyers

Inverters for solar power

• Solar electricity generation: Photovoltaic principle
• Solar electricity generation
• Utilization of solar electricity
• Solar inverters segmentation
• Solar Market Estimation in MW
• Solar inverters estimation in M$
• Inverters key parameters
• Efficiency of solar cells
• Cost breakdown of a solar installation
• Evolution of price / watt for inverters
• Price or efficiency?
• Solar inverter nominal power
• Electrical features
• Diodes and switching
• SiC devices at 600V
• SiC devices at 1200 V
• Solar inverter manufacturers
• Conclusions

Power converters for wind turbines

• Annual installed capacity forecast
• Annual installed capacity geographical breakdown
• Wind turbine (WT) Architecture
• Wind power turbine generators and power converters
• Variable speed wind turbine inverters
• IGBT technology
• Industrial food chain
• Wind turbine manufacturers
• An example of realization: Cree / Kansai Electric 100 kVA SiC Inverter
• SiC based inverters developments
• Wind turbines market trends
• Market drivers for SiC
• Main players SiC awareness
• Conclusions

Others SiC devices on the run...

• SiC MOSFET Transistors
• MOSFET Transistors Companies involvement
• Silicon vs. Silicon Carbide MOSFET
• SiC MOSFET: state-of-the-art
• Example of product : Cree : 1.2kV, 50A, 8 mƒ¶.cm2 4H-SiC DMOSFET
• Example of product : Rohm : 900V; 7.15mƒ¶cm2 Power MOSFET
• SiC Bipolar diodes (PiN)
• SiC PiN diodes: state-of-the-art
• Exemple of device: Cree 8.6 kV, 4H-SiC PiN Diode
• SiC JFET and BJT: state-of-the-art

Alternatives to SiC: GaN and diamond electronics

• Introduction
• Active layer thickness comparison
• Industrial initiatives in GaN or diamond power electronics
• Example of Diamond Schottky diode by Dynex Semiconductor (UK)
• Conclusions