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Raw material impact on the transition to 200mm SiC device production
In recent years the amount of available and suitable SiC substrates was limited and, hence, causing high effort to secure sufficient amount of raw material for the growth plans on 150mm device manufacturing. The transition to 200mm SiC device production has started and questions arise on the stable availability, the maturity, the price, the geopolitical situation for raw materials and the technological innovations around 200mm SiC raw material.
Certain raw material players are intensively focusing on the transition to 200mm, others are still busy with ramping up 150mm raw material manufacturing capacity. Defect density and material quality investigations show a correlation between the suppliers’ efforts on 200mm crystal growth development and the outcome. This allows to speculate and to set up a prediction on the raw material situation in the next 3-5 years.
Dr. Siegmar Schoser
Bosch
After graduation in physics at the university of Constance and obtaining a doctoral degree from the university of Augsburg, Siegmar Schoser joined the Robert Bosch GmbH in 1998. With a broad field of experience in various positions in MEMS manufacturing, automotive customer project management for parking assist systems, senior management of ECU development for door and tailgate modules as well as blower controller electronics, he joined the power semiconductor and power module area of Bosch in 2012. Today he is directing a project team on cooperation and external sourcing with a strong focus on silicon carbide related topics.
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The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 428,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2023). According to preliminary figures, the company generated sales of 91.6 billion euros in 2023. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. As a leading IoT provider, Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart homes, Industry 4.0, and connected mobility. Bosch is pursuing a vision of mobility that is sustainable, safe, and exciting. It uses its expertise in sensor technology, software, and services, as well as its own IoT cloud, to offer its customers connected, cross-domain solutions from a single source. The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to facilitate connected living with products and solutions that either contain artificial intelligence (AI) or have been developed or manufactured with its help. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technology that is “Invented for life.” The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 470 subsidiary and regional companies in over 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. The basis for the company’s future growth is its innovative strength. At 136 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 90,000 associates in research and development, of which roughly 48,000 are software engineers.
