Wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors are projected to revolutionize the global electronics industry through enabling advancements in the key areas of power electronics and illumination. Already transforming the lighting market with high-efficiency, long-lasting, and durable LED technology - to the point that solid-state lighting sales is expected to surpass incandescent bulbs by 2018, WBG semiconductors, namely those based on the more maturely developed WBG materials, silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium arsenide (GaN), are now poised to take off in the nearly $18 billion (current value) power electronics industry. Major advantages of WBG semiconductors for electronics over incumbent silicon technology include lower losses, higher switching frequencies, operation in high temperature environments, higher robusticity, and high breakdown voltages. Learn More
