SiC - Silicon Carbide
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Realize the benefits of Silicon Carbide technology with our offering of SiC transistors and diodes from such industry-leading suppliers as Wolfspeed, Microsemi, Powerex and Vincotech. Incorporate SiC content into your design to achieve:
- Improved efficiencies
- Smaller power electronic system size
- Higher operating temperature
- Higher voltage operation
- Higher power density
- Increased heat dissipation
Browse our SiC product categories below, as well as the application notes and white papers included in the Technical Resources section to assist in your next-generation design. And please do not hesitate to contact us for design assistance.
Passive Devices
Power Supplies
Semiconductors - Discretes
Semiconductors - ICs
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Richardson RFPD has an extensive silicon carbide (SiC) offering, including the latest products and design resources focused exclusively on this emerging technology. Browse our selection of Schottky diodes, MOSFETs and IGBTs and educational material from industry leading manufacturers Wolfspeed, Microsemi, Vincotech and Powerex.
Silicon carbide offers significant advantages in high power, high voltage applications where power density, higher performance and reliability are of the utmost importance. Industrial applications like solar inverters, welding, plasma cutters, fast vehicle chargers and oil exploration are a few examples that benefit from the higher breakdown field strength and improved thermal conductivity that SiC offers over silicon material (Si).
Wolfspeed, Microsemi, Vincotech and Powerex are driving innovation in the development of SiC discrete devices and modules. Our global field engineers provide local support to a power conversion marketplace seeking the higher power densities, higher operating frequencies and higher efficiencies that SiC technology offers.
For more detailed information on this technology, please refer to the technical articles and design considerations found in the Technical Resources tab.