The Power Electronics Industry Collaborative (PEIC) has completed its technology roadmap in an effort to provide a path for U.S. manufacturers to meet the growing demands for power electronics.
The PEIC is a consortium comprised of industry, academic and government vendors in the power electronics market. Some of members include Infineon Technologies, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PowerGeneration, Sandia National Laboratories, PowerAmerica and Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies. The roadmap was started in order to identify in the domestic supply chain strengths and weaknesses in order to advance power electronics technology development in the U.S.
The PEIC roadmap is designed to provide a path to meet the growing demands of power electronics demand. Source: PEIC “Recent advances in power semiconductor technology, particularly in wide bandgap materials, have opened up significant new opportunities for the U.S. power electronics industry, along with corresponding challenges,” said Keith Evans, president of the PEIC. “The goal of PEIC’s participation in creating the report was to identify those technology and manufacturing challenges, and to present key strategic recommendations for the U.S. to develop effective solutions to meet the growing demands for efficient power electronics.”
The roadmap is to be used as a guide for where manufacturers should be targeting advances in power electronics within the span of one year including power density, gains in efficiency, system integration and thermal performance.
The goal of the roadmap and the mission of the PEIC is to advance the competitiveness in the global economy and to develop workforce development programs specific to enable power electronics engineers to meet these requirements.
