Wolfspeed Inc ya Durham, NC, Amerika - ikora ibikoresho bya silicon karbide (SiC) hamwe n’ibikoresho bikoresha ingufu za semiconductor - yatangaje ko hashyizwe ahagaragara ubucuruzi bw’ibicuruzwa byayo 200mm bya SiC, bikaba ari intambwe ikomeye mu nshingano zayo yo kwihutisha inganda kuva muri silikoni ikajya kuri karubide. Nyuma yo kubanza gutanga 200mm SiC kugirango ihitemo abakiriya, ikigo kivuga ko igisubizo cyiza ninyungu byatumye isoko ryinjira mubucuruzi.

Wolfspeed iratanga kandi epitaxy ya 200mm ya SiC kugirango ibe yujuje ibyangombwa byihuse, iyo ihujwe na 200mm ya wafer yambaye ubusa, itanga ibivugwa ko ari intambwe nini kandi ikanoza ubuziranenge, bigatuma igisekuru kizaza cy’ibikoresho bikoresha ingufu nyinshi.
Umuyobozi mukuru w’ubucuruzi, Dr Cengiz Balkas agira ati: “Wafers ya 200mm ya SiC ya Wolfspeed irenze kwaguka kwa diameter ya wafer - byerekana ibikoresho bishya biha abakiriya bacu kwihutisha ikarita y’ibikoresho byabo bafite icyizere.” Ati: "Mu gutanga ubuziranenge ku rugero, Wolfspeed ituma abakora ibikoresho bya elegitoroniki bikoresha ingufu kugira ngo babone ibisubizo bikenerwa na karubide ya silikoni ikora neza."
Wolfspeed ivuga ko uburyo bunoze bwo kwerekana ibipimo bya 200mm bya SiC byambaye ubusa kuri 350µm z'ubugari ndetse n’ibivugwa ko byongerewe ingufu, inganda ziyobowe na doping hamwe n’uburinganire bw’imyororokere ya 200mm ituma abakora ibikoresho bongera umusaruro wa MOSFET, kwihutisha igihe ku isoko, no gutanga ibisubizo birushanwe binyuze mu binyabiziga, ingufu zishobora kongera ingufu, inganda, n’izindi porogaramu zikura cyane. Ibicuruzwa nibikorwa byiterambere bya 200mm SiC birashobora kandi gukoreshwa mubyigisho bikomeza kubikoresho bya Simm 150mm, nkuko ikigo cyongeyeho.
Balkas agira ati: “Iri terambere ryerekana ko Wolfspeed yiyemeje kuva kera mu guhana imbibi z'ikoranabuhanga ry'ibikoresho bya karibide.” Ati: "Iri tangizwa ryerekana ubushobozi bwacu bwo kumenya ibyo abakiriya bakeneye, igipimo gikenewe, ndetse no gutanga ibikoresho fatizo bituma ejo hazaza h’amashanyarazi hashoboka hashoboka."
Igihe cyo kohereza: Ukwakira-09-2025