ROHM and SEMIKRON collaborate on Japanese power electronics

ROHM and SEMIKRON are collaborating on the sales of silicon carbide (SiC) power devices and modules, in order to contribute to the evolution of the Japanese power electronics market.

ROHM is a leading developer of SiC products and SiC power devices in particular. Its wide range of ROHM SiC chips is suitable for easy module integration. SEMIKRON, meanwhile, is a manufacturer of power modules that offers SiC modules in six different packages, which are widely used in the worldwide power electronics market.

Together, the companies will synergise their knowledge of device, control and module technology in the context of the Japanese power electronics market. Both companies will collaborate to widen the SiC power module line-up and contribute to energy saving and miniaturisation.

“We are convinced that SEMIKRON is offering a good fit to our SiC technology and can implement our SiC chips into the right package, suiting the application requirements,” said Katsumi Azuma, director of discrete/module production headquarters at ROHM. “We see SEMIKRON as one of our enabling partners for market development of SiC thanks to their system and application understanding. By collaborating sales in the Japanese power electronics market, we will contribute to further energy saving.”

“By utilising ROHM’s highly efficient SiC components we can offer designed-to-fit, application-specific SiC power modules, matching the customer’s requirements in terms of performance and cost,” added Riccardo Ramin, head of product management and product marketing at SEMIKRON. “SEMIKRON’s line-up of SiC power modules spans a wide spectrum of packages suitable for all power conversion applications such as renewable energy and energy storage, chargers for electric vehicles and more traditional markets, eg, auxiliary power supply for transportation and UPS.”

Pictured: Erwin Ysewijn, Managing Director, SEMIKRON Japan, with Dr Kazuhide Ino, General Manager Power Device Division, ROHM.