Electrifying the Automotive Future: Power Semiconductors in the EV Revolution

Advantest Talks Semi

Are you ready to supercharge your knowledge on the electrifying transformation of the automotive semiconductor industry?
Fasten your seat belts for a high-octane conversation with Fabio Marino, managing director at CREA at Advantest in Italy and a trailblazer, as we drive through the accelerating shift towards green energy.
We’ll be zooming in on the rapid growth of the power semiconductor market and how it's turbocharging the EV demand. Get ready to rev up your understanding of power electronics technologies like IGBTs, insulated gate bipolar transistors, silicon carbide, and gallium nitride as we put them head-to-head, comparing their specifications and power capacities.
Also, we’ll shed light on how the semiconductor industry is navigating the switch from package to bare die testing, examining how it challenges the delivery of kiloamps or kilovolts through a probe card whilst maintaining efficiency and reliability.
Lastly, diving into the battery testing arena, we will make sense of the implications of long lead times for probers and handlers and touch down on the maturity of silicon carbide technology and the potential influence of automated tools and the market.
So buckle up, relax, and join us as we journey through the electrifying world of automotive semiconductors.

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Chapitres

1. Electrifying the Automotive Future: Power Semiconductors in the EV Revolution (00:00:00)

2. Moving to green energy (00:01:37)

3. Why the power semiconductor market is growing (00:02:15)

4. Discreet semiconductors, silicon carbide and gallium nitride (00:03:31)

5. The difference between silicon carbide and gallium nitride (00:05:08)

6. Challenges during Dynamic Test (00:07:48)

7. Test challenges due to high voltage or high current (00:10:46)

8. Introducing CREA, an Advantest group company (00:11:36)

9. The shift from package to bare die testing (00:12:00)

10. How to deliver kiloamps and kilovolts through probe card reliably and efficienctly (00:13:54)

11. How to mature the silicon carbide technology (00:16:32)

12. Why CREA's - and Advantest group company - technolgoy is alreayd in place (00:19:26)