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Apr 03, 2023 09:38 JST
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Denso
DENSO Develops Its First Inverter Using SiC Power Semiconductors
Significantly reduce power loss in electric vehicles with its high efficiency
KARIYA, JAPAN, Apr 03, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - DENSO CORPORATION announced that it has developed its first-ever inverter with silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductors. This inverter, which is incorporated in the eAxle, an electric driving module developed by BluE Nexus Corporation, will be used in the new RZ, Lexus' first dedicated battery electric vehicle (BEV) model has been released on March 30, 2023.
Inverter
Power Card
SiC power semiconductors consist of silicon and carbon that significantly reduce power loss compared with silicon (Si) power semiconductors. The verification of cruising test in a certain condition, which test was performed by BEV consisted of SiC semiconductor inverters, demonstrated inverters with SiC power semiconductor reduce power loss less than half of ones with Si semiconductor. As a result, the energy efficiency of BEVs is improved and cruising range is extended.
Key elements of developing the new inverter:
- SiC power semiconductors with DENSO's unique trench-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) structure(1) improve the output per chip due to reducing the power loss caused by heat generated. The unique structure achieved high voltage and low on-resistance(2) operation.
Key elements of manufacturing the new inverter
- Based on the high-quality technology jointly developed by DENSO and Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc., we utilize SiC epitaxial wafers(3) that incorporate the results of work commissioned by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). As a result, we have halved the number of crystal defects that prevent the device from operating normally due to the disorder of the atomic arrangement of the crystal.
- By reducing crystal defects, the quality of SiC power semiconductor devices used in vehicles and their stable production are ensured.
DENSO calls its SiC technology "REVOSIC," and uses it to comprehensively develop technologies for products ranging from wafers to semiconductor devices and modules such as power cards.
DENSO will contribute to the realization of a carbon-neutral society through development aimed at more efficient energy management for vehicles, while also utilizing the grant from Green Innovation Fund (GI Fund)(4), which was adopted in 2022.
(1) DENSO's unique trench-type MOS structure: Semiconductor devices with a trench gate using DENSO's patented electric field relaxation technology.
(2) On-resistance: A measure of the ease of current flow; the lower the value, the lower the power loss.
(3) SiC epitaxial wafer: A layer of epitaxial SiC single crystal deposited onto a single crystal SiC wafer.
(4) Green Innovation Fund (GI Fund): GI Fund was created by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and assigned to NEDO with the aim of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. DENSO has been selected to received subsidies for a project to develop manufacturing technology for next-generation power semiconductor devices (for electric vehicles).
For more details of REVOSIC, please visit: www.denso.com/global/en/news/newsroom/2020/20201210-g01/
Source: Denso
Sectors: Electronics, Automotive
Copyright ©2023 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network.
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