YOLE SiC市场将会快速增长.pdf

For immediate release: “Despite overall power electronics 2012 downturn, SiC kept on growing,” says Yole Développement «SiC Market 2013: Technology and Market for SiC Wafers, Devices and Power Modules», a report from Yole Développement Lyon, France – May 7, 2013: Yole Développement announces its SiC Market 2013: Technology and Market for SiC Wafers, Devices and Power Modules report. Yole Développement’s report f ocused on the entire value-chain, covers all SiC applications in low, medium and high power ranges and provides all metrics up to 2020. It also includes a Bill-of-Material analysis, to compare Silicon vs. SiC-based system costs, and a c ost reduction roadmap for SiC devices Despite overall power electronics 2012 downturn, SiC kept on growing Started late in 2011, the power electronics downturn in 2012 was quite severe, exhibiting -20% negative growth. The market suffered from the global economic downturn combined with external factors like China controlling what happened in some selected markets (Wind turbine or Rail traction projects that have been stopped or postponed). However, the SiC device market kept on growing with a +38% increase year to year. SiC technology is now commonly accepted as a reliable and pertinent alternative to the silicon world. Most power module and power inverter manufacturers have already included it in their roadmap as an option or as a firm project. However time-to-market differs from application to application as a function of value proposals for cost, specifications, availability and so on…. Yole Développement – Le Quartz – 75 cours Emile Zola – 69100 Lyon-Villeurbanne - France Despite a quite depressed market last year, PV inverters have proven their appetite for SiC devices in 2012. They are the biggest consumer of SiC devices together with PFCs. In 2011 and 2012 SiC diode business was