TY - GEN
T1 - Wide bandgap semiconductor opportunities in power electronics
AU - Armstrong, Kristina O.
AU - Das, Sujit
AU - Cresko, Joe
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/12/27
Y1 - 2016/12/27
N2 - Wide bandgap (WBG) power electronics is a very small segment of power electronics market (1%) and about 0.05% of the total semiconductor market today. The U.S. has a strong foothold in both the silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) markets today, but there exists an increasing competition from Europe, Japan, and China. This work presents market, value chain and energy savings potential analyses for several major application areas: data centers (uninterruptable power supplies (UPS) and server power supply units (PSU), renewable power generation (Photovoltaic (PV)-solar and wind), motor drives, rail traction, and hybrid/electric vehicles. These application areas hold great opportunities for WBG, stemming from increased government efficiency standards and promoting of alternative energy generation and an existing strong supply chain. Major threats to U.S. WBG integration stem from the loss of government assistance, alternative energy saving technologies, and an increasing threat of foreign manufacturers.
AB - Wide bandgap (WBG) power electronics is a very small segment of power electronics market (1%) and about 0.05% of the total semiconductor market today. The U.S. has a strong foothold in both the silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) markets today, but there exists an increasing competition from Europe, Japan, and China. This work presents market, value chain and energy savings potential analyses for several major application areas: data centers (uninterruptable power supplies (UPS) and server power supply units (PSU), renewable power generation (Photovoltaic (PV)-solar and wind), motor drives, rail traction, and hybrid/electric vehicles. These application areas hold great opportunities for WBG, stemming from increased government efficiency standards and promoting of alternative energy generation and an existing strong supply chain. Major threats to U.S. WBG integration stem from the loss of government assistance, alternative energy saving technologies, and an increasing threat of foreign manufacturers.
KW - SWOT Analysis
KW - Wide bandgap semiconductors
KW - energy savings potential
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85010703403&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/WiPDA.2016.7799949
DO - 10.1109/WiPDA.2016.7799949
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85010703403
T3 - WiPDA 2016 - 4th IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications
SP - 259
EP - 264
BT - WiPDA 2016 - 4th IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 4th IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications, WiPDA 2016
Y2 - 7 November 2016 through 9 November 2016
ER -
