Silicon Carbide (SiC) Packaging Prize
Funds teams delivering high impact prototypes with milestone support for Silicon Carbide Packaging Prize Competition in energy systems, semiconductors, and photonics.
The Silicon Carbide (SiC) Packaging Prize is a $2.25 million prize competition administered through the DOE Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) via the American-Made Challenges platform on HeroX, targeting innovation in silicon carbide power electronics packaging for solar inverters and grid-connected power conversion applications. Silicon carbide is a wide-bandgap semiconductor that enables i…
Silicon carbide (SiC) power electronics packaging innovation targeting improved performance, reliability, or cost reduction for solar inverters and grid-connected power conversion applications.
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