Soitec and Mersen announce strategic partnership to develop new silicon carbide (SiC) substrates for the electric vehicle market
November 30 2021 - 11:47AM
Soitec and Mersen announce strategic partnership to develop new
silicon carbide (SiC) substrates for the electric vehicle market
Soitec and Mersen announce strategic
partnership to develop new silicon carbide (SiC) substrates for the
electric vehicle market
Bernin (Grenoble),
Paris, November 30, 2021 - Soitec (Euronext Paris), a
world leader in the design and production of innovative
semiconductor materials, and Mersen (Euronext Paris), a global
expert in electrical specialties and advanced materials, announced
today that they have entered into a strategic technical partnership
to develop a new family of polycrystalline silicon carbide
(poly-SiC) substrates for the electric vehicle market.
Thanks to their respective experience in
substrates and materials, the joint development by Soitec and
Mersen of very low electrical resistivity poly-SiC substrates will
optimize SiC power electronics components devised based on Soitec's
SmartSiC™ technology. The collaboration between the Mersen teams in
Gennevilliers and the Soitec teams in Bernin and Grenoble will
strengthen this development project. The teams will also be able to
benefit from the expertise of the Soitec Substrate Innovation
Center within CEA-Leti to validate the progress made in the
industrialization process.
Christophe Maleville, Soitec's Chief
Technology Officer, said: "By further pooling our
materials and semiconductor expertise, we are able to produce
substrates with very advanced performance. The results are
compatible with our SmartSiC™ technology, and also exceed the
specifications of our customers, which are the SiC power electronic
circuit foundries. With its very low electrical resistivity, the
poly-SiC substrate becomes a key element of our technology, and can
vastly improve energy efficiency, thus making electric vehicles
more efficient."
Luc Themelin, CEO of Mersen,
said: "This partnership demonstrates Mersen's polycrystalline SiC
expertise and our ability to develop a custom-design product
compatible with Soitec’s technology. Thanks to this strengthened
partnership, we will be able to offer the electronics industry a
high-performance, cost-effective substrate for the production of
power semiconductors, especially for the electric vehicle
market."
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About Soitec
Soitec (Euronext, Tech 40 Paris) is a world
leader in designing and manufacturing innovative semiconductor
materials. The company uses its unique technologies and
semiconductor expertise to serve the electronics markets. With more
than 3,500 patents worldwide, Soitec’s strategy is based on
disruptive innovation to answer its customers’ needs for high
performance, energy efficiency and cost competitiveness. Soitec has
manufacturing facilities, R&D centers and offices in Europe,
the U.S. and Asia.
Soitec, SmartSiC™ and SmartCut™ are registered
trademarks of Soitec.
For more information,
please
visit www.soitec.com and
follow us on Twitter:
@Soitec_EN.
About Mersen
Mersen is a global expert in electrical
specialties and advanced materials for high-tech industries. With
more than 50 industrial sites and 16 R&D centers in 35
countries around the world, Mersen develops custom-built solutions
and delivers key products for clients in order to meet the new
technological challenges shaping tomorrow’s world. For over 130
years, Mersen has focused tirelessly on innovation to accompany its
clients and meet their needs. Be it in wind power, solar power,
electronics, electric vehicles, aeronautics, space or countless
other sectors, wherever technology is progressing, you will always
find a bit of Mersen.
For more information, please consult Mersen’s
website: www.mersen.com.
Next virtual event on December 7, 2021 at 3:30
pm: “Chip-chat: An Hour With Mersen On Its Semiconductor
Strategy”
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Soitec is a French joint-stock corporation with
a Board of Directors (Société Anonyme à Conseil d’administration)
with a share capital of € 67,379,088.00, having its registered
office located at Parc Technologique des Fontaines - Chemin des
Franques - 38190 Bernin (France), and registered with the Grenoble
Trade and Companies Register under number
384 711 909.
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