Partnership provides next-generation hydrogen fuel-cell charging

Navitas Semiconductor has announced its partnership with BrightLoop, supporting their latest series of hydrogen fuel-cell chargers with automotive-qualified Gen 3 'Fast' SiC (G3F) MOSFETs for heavy-duty agricultural transportation equipment.

BrightLoop provides leading-edge, top-performance solutions with power conversion efficiencies of over 98% and extreme power densities of up to 35kW/kg and 60kW/L. The company's high-voltage, high-power multiverters paired to its Power Flow Processor technology are designed to deliver outstanding performance in both AC and DC applications, such as energy management scenarios for fuel cells and heavy-duty applications, as well as HV network adaptation.

Navitas' auto-qualified G3F SiC MOSFETs are integrated into BrightLoop's 250kW HV-DC-DC converter, which has an output of 950VDC at 480A and can be paralleled to achieve megawatt power capability.

Enabled by 20 years of SiC innovation, GeneSiC proprietary 'trench-assisted planar' technology delivers world-leading performance over temperature, delivering high-speed, cool-running operation for high-power, high-reliability applications. G3F SiC MOSFETs deliver high efficiency with high-speed performance, enabling up to 25C lower case temperature and up to three times longer life than SiC products from other vendors.

Trench-assisted planar technology enables an extremely low RDS(ON) increase with temperature, resulting in the lowest power losses across the entire operating range and offering up to 20% lower RDS(ON) under real-life operation at high temperatures compared to the competition. All GeneSiC MOSFETs feature the highest published 100%-tested avalanche capability, 30% longer short-circuit withstand time, and tight threshold voltage distributions for easy paralleling.

"We are proud to partner with BrightLoop, the established leaders in leading-edge high-power density and efficiency converters," said Gene Sheridan, CEO and co-founder of Navitas. "Both companies provide the technology and system leadership to enable the roadmap for next generation, high-power density, high-reliability converter solutions".

"Navitas offers leading-edge SiC technology where efficiency, ruggedness, and reliability are paramount. Our high power-density, smart, efficient, and scalable multiverters lead the industry by enhancing the quantity and quality of energy delivered to our customers", said Florent Liffran, CEO and founder of BrightLoop.