Infineon Technologies 1200 V CoolSiC™ MOSFET

The CoolSiC™ MOSFET for Automotive family shows exceptional performance, quality, and reliability in the onboard charger and DC-DC applications in hybrid and electric vehicles. The devices are specifically designed to meet the high requirements demanded by the automotive industry with regards to reliability, quality, and performance.

Key features

• Revolutionary semiconductor material - Silicon Carbide (SiC)
• Very low switching losses
• Threshold-free on state characteristic
• IGBT-compatible driving voltage (15 V for turn-on)

Additional features

• 0 V turn-off gate voltage
• Benchmark gate threshold voltage, V_GS(th)=4.5 V
• Fully controllable dV/dt
• Commutation robust body diode, ready for synchronous rectification
• Temperature independent turn-off switching losses

Additional benefits

• Efficiency improvement
• Enabling higher frequency
• Increased power density
• Cooling effort reduction
• Reduction of system complexity and cost

Applications

• On-board charger/PFC (uni- and bi-directional charging)
• Booster/DC-DC converter
• Auxilliary inverter