Power electronics (PE) are essential to the conversion and control of electrical power in U. S. critical infrastructure.
As this infrastructure—including grid-integrated power, industrial manufacturing, transportation, and digital networking and communications—brings more innovative
technologies online to meet changing market demands and improve energy security and resiliency, it also places significantly higher performance demands on PE technologies.
Silicon (Si) PE have been relied on for decades to meet infrastructure’s power conversion and control needs, but these intensifying performance requirements have surpassed what traditional Si PE can offer.