Objective
Silicon Carbide based power electronics use electrical energy significantly more efficient than current silicon-based semiconductors: gains from 6% to 30% are expected depending on application. TRANSFORM will provide European downstream market players with a reliable source of SiC components and systems based on an entirely European value chain - from substrates to energy converters. Its technical excellence strengthens the global competitive position of Europe. TRANSFORM improves current SiC technologies beyond state-of-the-art to serve large emerging markets for electric power conversion in renewable energies, mobility and industry. Substrate manufacturing process innovation will establish a new global standard: smart-cut technology allows high scalability, superior performance and reliability. Substrate and equipment manufacturers plus technology providers cooperate to increase maturity of the new processes from lab demonstration to pilot lines. Device manufacturers develop and tailor processes and device design based on the new substrate process, including adaptation of planarMOS and development of new TrenchMOS technology. Performance and reliability of devices is expected to increase greatly. For exploiting the potential of SiC devices, integration technologies and system design are improved concurrently, including new copper metallization processes for higher reliability and performance, module integration for high reliability and reduction of cost, and dedicated integrated driver technologies to optimize switching modes and parallel operation in high current applications. The project will demonstrate energy savings in applications (DC/AC, DC/DC, AC/DC) in the renewable energy domain, industry and automotive. TRANSFORM contributes to European societal goals and the green economy through significantly increasing energy efficiency by providing a competitive, ready-to-industrialized technology, strengthening Europes technological sovereignty in a critical field.
Fields of science
- social sciencesother social sciencessocial sciences interdisciplinarysustainable development
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectrical engineeringelectric energy
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementcommerce
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Call for proposal
H2020-ECSEL-2020-1-IA-two-stage
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Funding Scheme
ECSEL-IA - ECSEL Innovation ActionCoordinator
70839 Gerlingen-schillerhoehe
Germany
Participants (34)
38190 Bernin
75015 Paris 15
20864 Agrate Brianza
601 16 Norkoping
90431 Nurnberg
38190 Bernin
80686 Munchen
09111 Chemnitz
95800 Cergy
52134 Herzogenrath
89143 Blaubeuren
4782 St Florian Am Inn
24149 Kiel
73375 Le Bourget Du Lac
24941 Flensburg
92400 Courbevoie
92230 Gennevilliers
59063 Hamm
67663 Kaiserslautern
41122 Modena Mo
40125 Bologna
59651 Villeneuve D Ascq Cedex
95131 San Jose
150 00 Praha 5
601 90 Brno Stred
581 83 Linkoping
38190 Bernin
01109 Dresden
96472 Roedental
12489 Berlin
70771 Leinfelden-echterdingen
98693 Ilmenau
41004 Sevilla
29590 Malaga
