Re:Led by Tesla, EVs drive chip industry's shift beyond silicon
by Traster on Monday September 06, 2021 @06:18AM
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As far as I understand it, these SiC chips are things like discrete MOSFETs designed to work at hundreds of volts and handle huge power running through them. I think the likelihood of this scaling down to millivolts is quite unlikely. The more likely applications for this are power stations and hooked up to solar power plants rather than in your iPhone I would expect.
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Re:Led by Tesla, EVs drive chip industry's shift beyond silicon
by pwr-electronics on Monday September 06, 2021 @06:45AM
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You're correct that SiC is for medium to high voltage. But there's also GaN, which is for low to medium voltage, and already works in the millivolt range. Both GaN and SiC will have wider ranges in the future as the technology continues to improve.