Smarter, leaner motor drives: New SiC CMOS power module slashes energy losses by 90%
2025 just can’t stop upping the ante. Researchers at Japan’s AIST and MEIDENSHA Corporation have just unveiled a component that sounds as if it has been pulled from sci-fi movies: the world’s first motor drive powered by a SiC (silicon carbide) CMOS power module. This isn’t just another “maybe-one-day” gadget! This thing combines SiC devices with CMOS gate drivers and the result cranks down switching losses in motor control systems to about one-tenth of current levels. It’s what you call slick and efficient.
As Polar Energy’s clients (whether manufacturing, agricultural operations, or solar installers) you should not yawn at this:
- Efficiency matters. Lower switching losses translate to less heat, less failures, and less energy consumption. This is good news across production lines and inverter systems.
- Relevance to your lineup. You utilize LS Electric and Epever gear. LS Electric’s drives and inverters could benefit big time from SiC components. And Epever’s solar inverters could be made even more efficient (and cooler) with these modules, turning them into the ultimate power saving solutions.
You might be excited if you know that this breakthrough isn’t in some distant lab, but was rather presented at the IEEJ National Convention in March 2025. That means it’s real, it’s fresh, and it’s practically waiting to be integrated into future devices.
Want to future-proof your systems? Reach out to Polar Energy to explore how SiC-based solutions (or your current LS Electric and Epever products) can stay right at the cutting edge of efficiency and reliability. Check our services or contact page today.