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  SiC Power Market - Overview Today, the most widely used material for power semiconductors is silicon. Silicon is inexpensive to produce and the technology is well understood. However, there are other materials, the so called compound power semiconductors, such as Silicon Carbide and gallium-nitride that are much more efficient conductors of electricity. This means that less energy is lost through heat in any power conversion process which has the added benefit of reducing the need to have expensive cooling systems as well as lowering the size and weight of the power electronics unit. Silicon Carbide combines silicon (Si) and carbon (C) having unique electrical characteristics that allow to build high performance semiconductors for various applications. SiC power devices have emerged as the most viable candidate for next-generation, low-loss semiconductors due to its low ON resistance and superior high-temperature, high-frequency, and high-voltage performance when compar...