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Opening of the Science City

Cleanroom for Energy Efficient Cleanroom for Energy Efficient

Semiconductors

Prof. Phil Mawby

2nd July 2010

What is Electronics?

Electronics

Information

Processing

Energy

Processing

Power Electronics

Electrification of Road Transport

Simple electrical drive system

+

Battery Inverter Motor

-

Battery Inverter Motor

Wheelsdc 3F - ac

Mechanical

Power

transfer

Main Drive Power Electronics

Aerospace

Queen Mary 2 - electric propulsion system: 4 pods totalling 86MW.

Renewable Energy

Power Electronics

Make Renewable energy possible

Possible Future Energy SystemsBulk generation Grid-scale storage

Nuclear

Wind CCS

SolarEnergy mix

Gas

Other

renewables

Pumped

hydro

Flywheel Battery

Transmission gridInterconnection To remote

Compressed

air

Transmission grid

Local distribution grid

Smart transmission

substations

Smart distribution

substations

Smart building and home

Interconnection to super-grid Smart transmission

substations

To remote micro-grid

Distributed

wind, solar,

CHP, other

Distributed

storage

+ -

Heat pumps &

district heating

Multi-way flows &distributed resources

Plug-in

EV

Smart

buildingsActive demand

side

Smart

meter

Energy

management

system

Smart

HVAC

Smart

appliances

Smart EV

charging

On-site

storage

Micro-

generation

Wide area situational awareness

Various components of the future electricity network at the generation, transmission and distribution levels.

Source – Bloomberg Consortium on Digital Energy 2010

Application in HVDC System

Silicon Carbide Properties

1M

10M

100M

Capacity (VA)

Electric tractionHV.DC

UPS

Motor control

Robot, Welding machine

AutoThyristor

Power Electronics

10

100

1K

10K

100K

1M

10 100 1K 10K 100K 1M

Operation frequency (Hz)

SwitchingPower supply

VCR/DVD Power supply for audio

Refrigerator

Washing machine

Air conditioner

Microwave

GTO

IGBTs MOSFET Modules

HVIC & PIC MOSFET

TRIAC

Silicon Carbide Wafer

Limitation of power electronics

AJTT

P−

=

TH

AJ

D

R

TTP

−=

SiC Technological Problems

10

100

1000

Si

Fie

ld-E

ffec

t M

ob

ilit

y, µµ µµ

FE [

cm

2/V

s]

6H-SiC

0 2 4 6 8 100.1

1

10

4H-SiC

Fie

ld-E

ffec

t M

ob

ilit

y,

Gate Bias [V]

Cleanroom Equipment

Stepper

ICP RIE system

Metal Sputterer

High Temperature

oxidation Furnace

Contacts

� Prof Phil Mawby, UofW academic lead [email protected]

� Prof Richard Green, UofB academic [email protected]

� Sarah Keay-Bright, Project [email protected]

07842 541135

� Mike Ahearne, Business Engagement [email protected]

07842541173