An hour's deep dive into silicon carbide (SiC) market, to summarise what investors should know. Here Dr Peter Gammon, who is an Associate Professor at the University of Warwick, talks about the power electronics market, technical characteristics of silicon carbide, suitability of silicon carbide for high voltage applications, issues and challenges in producing SiC devices and the most important companies in the SiC supply chain. Introduction and Q&A by Jay Malik, a tech investor.

Dr Peter’s Background 2:46
The Power Devices Market 03:20
Power Device Design Requirements 08:34
Technical Characteristic And Applications 13:00
Why Silicon Carbide? 19:42
Issues, Cost and Threat from GAN 21:31
SiC Supply Chain 28:55
Major Substrate Suppliers 32:01
EpiWafer Suppliers 33:44
Chip Manufacturers 34:50
Applications Companies & OEMs 37:25
Research at Warwick 40:14
SiC Clean Room at Warwick 42:55
SiC Consultancy Services 43:56
Q&A 45:05

About Dr Peter Gammon

Dr Peter is an Associate Professor at the University of Warwick. He has been researching Silicon Carbide Power devices for about 15 years. He has published a number of papers and leads a group of 8 researchers working on future applications of silicon carbide in areas like Satellites and grid level applications. His research covers silicon carbide as a material, SiC devices (IGBTs, MOSFETs, Schottky Diodes), applications and clean room manufacturing techniques. Visit his profile on https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/peo... for more info.

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