{"id":8799,"date":"2020-02-19T16:17:53","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T21:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=8799"},"modified":"2020-02-19T16:17:56","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T21:17:56","slug":"poweramerica-kicks-off-a-dozen-new-projects-designed-to-advance-sic-and-gan-technology","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/news\/poweramerica-kicks-off-a-dozen-new-projects-designed-to-advance-sic-and-gan-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerAmerica Kicks Off a Dozen New Projects Designed to Advance SiC and GaN Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month, PowerAmerica will kick off a dozen new projects to further SiC and GaN technology in the U.S. The institute is launching three <a href=\"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/member-initiated-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/member-initiated-projects\/\">Member-Initiated projects<\/a> selected by PowerAmerica members through a competitive process to address key technical challenges for wide bandgap manufacturing and reliability, as well as nine Open Innovation Fund projects that are awarded on a rolling basis through an open application process to address emergent opportunities for impactful innovations across the supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>The projects are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Member Initiated Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prototyping and Evaluation of High-Speed 10 kV SiC MOSFET Power Modules with High Scalability and Partial Discharge Inception Voltage (Virginia Tech\/NREL\/Wolfspeed)<\/li>\n<li>Packaging a Top-cooled 650V\/&gt;150A GaN Power Module with Insulated Thermal Pads and Gate-Drive Circuit (University of Tennessee-Knoxville\/GaN Systems\/Hella)<\/li>\n<li>Surge Energy Robustness of GaN Power Devices and Modules: Application-driven Evaluation and Physics-of-Failure Modeling (Virginia Tech\/Lockheed Martin)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Open Innovation Fund Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 kV SiC Planar-Gate Power JBSFETs (SiCamore Semi\/NC State University)<\/li>\n<li>Design, Manufacture, and Test of a 6.5kV WBG Module for MV Voltage Source Converter Applications (GE Aviation)<\/li>\n<li>Artificial Intelligence-Based Current Sharing for Parallel Operation of 3.3 kV SiC MOSFETs in Power Module (Ohio State University)<\/li>\n<li>Compact and Efficient GaN-based Back-up or Portable Power for Electronics (Fastwatt)<\/li>\n<li>WBG Based Low Voltage\/High Current DC\/DC Converter for Electric Transit Buses (Miami University)<\/li>\n<li>Establishment of WBG Power Electronics Systems Testing Facility for Education and Workforce Training Engaging PowerAmerica Industry Members (NC State University)<\/li>\n<li>78-MHz, 200W GaN-Based Class E and EF Inverters for Wireless Power Mats with Enhanced Load and Reactance Range Employing a Nonlinear Shunt Capacitor (NC State University)<\/li>\n<li>Medium-Voltage SiC-based Compensators for Distribution Systems (EPRI\/University of Arkansas)<\/li>\n<li>SiC Based Power Electronic Driver for Electric Vehicle Traction (University of Akron)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month, PowerAmerica will kick off a dozen new projects to further SiC and GaN technology in the U.S. The institute is launching three Member-Initiated projects selected by PowerAmerica members [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/8799"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8799"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/8799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8800,"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/8799\/revisions\/8800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8799"},{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=8799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}