The family is now ready for current and future on-board charger (OBC) applications in hybrid and electric vehicles. Infineon has designed the diodes specifically to meet the high requirements of the automotive industry regarding reliability, quality and performance.

“The SiC technology is now mature to be deployed at broad scale in automotive systems“, says Infineon’s Stephan Zizala,  “the launch of the automotive CoolSiC Schottky diode family is a milestone in the deployment of Infineon’s SiC product portfolio for on-board charger, DC/DC converters and inverter systems”.