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Comment by nimish

5 years ago

Tesla use silicon carbide which has favorable temp and reliability over Gan for higher voltage operation.

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R0b0t1  5 years ago

For highest end stuff you use both. They have different properties. SiC matters for reverse recovery of the inverter.

  • phasetransition  5 years ago

    Is there some sort of third quadrant effect, like might be seen for a triac?

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