Technology: SiC-based Monolithic Transistor Rectifier Semiconductor Switch
Developers:
- Sandia National Laboratories
- GeneSiC Semiconductor
Sandia National Laboratories, in collaboration with GeneSiC Semiconductor, has won Special Recognition for developing the industry’s first commercially available silicon-carbide, transistor rectifier on a single chip. The monolithic transistor rectifier switch allows power-electronic systems to operate at a four-times-higher switching frequency, thus allowing designs for proportionally smaller magnetic components like inductors and transformers, which are often the bulkiest components of power-electronics hardware.