Energy-efficient Third Generation Bipolar Technology (ENERGY-3GBT)
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ENERGY-3GBT will place the UK at the centre of next-generation power transistor production, ensuring UK industry is not impeded by global power semiconductor supply chain bottlenecks and can lead the world in improving energy-efficiency in the drive to net-zero.
ENERGY-3GBT will develop, optimise and demonstrate low-cost UK-based pilot-scale manufacture of 99% efficient silicon-based third-generation bipolar transistors (3GBTs) that outperform 95%-efficient Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs) and best-in-class 99% efficient Gallium Nitride (GaN) and Silicon Carbide (SiC) metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETS) in applications requiring 10-100A, =1700V, =50 kHz switching speeds.
ENERGY-3GBT initially targets replacement of IGBTs in industrial variable frequency drives (VFDs) through project partner Siemens UK. Secondary applications targeted include wind turbine power-converters, next-generation electric vehicles, rail electrification, 5G and more.
Adoption of the 99% efficient 3GBT in industrial drives in the UK (accounting for about half of the manufacturing sector's delivered energy use) could save users £228.4m/year in reduced electricity costs and reduce greenhouse emissions by 440ktCO2e/year. Ultimately, replacement of IGBTs in industrial drives, renewable energy power converters, electric vehicles, rail, 5G and many more high-power products has potential to make a significant contribution to the UK's net zero ambitions.
| DYCOTEC MATERIALS LTD | LEAD_ORG |
| SILICON CONTACT LTD | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| DYCOTEC MATERIALS LTD | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| SIEMENS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY CENTRE | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| SEMEFAB LIMITED | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| Richard Dixon | PM_PER |
Subjects by relevance
- Transistors
- Energy efficiency
- Emissions
- Industry
- Gallium nitride
- Optimisation
- Power electronics
- Supply chains
- Electric vehicles
- Energy saving
- Semiconductors
- Energy consumption (energy technology)
- Electric cars
Extracted key phrases
- Renewable energy power converter
- Generation power transistor production
- Global power semiconductor supply chain bottleneck
- Energy use
- Project partner Siemens UK
- Industrial variable frequency drive
- Generation Bipolar Technology
- Efficient Gallium Nitride
- Cost UK
- Generation bipolar transistor
- UK industry
- Efficient silicon
- Industrial drive
- Generation electric vehicle
- Wind turbine power