Application of semiconductor power devices in electric vehicles

Semiconductors, especially semiconductor power devices, are widely used in many fields of science and technology today One of the rapidly developing areas which is automotive manufacturing is more inseparable from the development and innovation of semiconductor power devices, since automatic cars are an essential part in transportation. In this essay, the first part is about the different matterials like silicon carbide and gallium nitride which are popular in making semiconducting devices. Some properties, characteristics and differences will be list in the essay. Secondly, the essay is about the researching methods. In the last part, the specific application of semiconductor power devices used in electric vehicles will be introduced in this article. There are also a little space about the future prospect in the last part of the essay. This paper aims to contribute to the research on electric vehicle manufacturing and the application of semiconductor power devices in this field.