The efforts of the ARPA-E program team lead by Arkansas Power Electronics, Inc and team members from Cree, Oak Ridge National Labs, Toyota and the University of Arkansas was recently highlighted at the ARPA-E Summit in Washington DC by a visit from Secretary of Energy Steven Chu.
The University of Arkansas and Oak Ridge IC team is developing ground-breaking all-SiC gate drivers in a process developed by Cree including next-generation SiC power MOSFETs. APEI is deploying these drivers and MOSFETs into a ultra-efficient, compact replacement charger for the next-generation Toyota Prius.