碳化硅电力电子器件已经成为国内外研究和产业化热点，在一些应用领域正在逐步取代硅基电力电子器件。概述了碳化硅材料和器件的特性，即具有高工作电压、高效率、高工作温度等优势。综述了国际上碳化硅电力电子器件技术的发展现状，其中中低压器件发展已逐渐成熟，高击穿电压器件研究成果展现出由碳化硅材料特性预测的性能优势。展示了宽禁带半导体电力电子器件国家重点实验室在该领域取得的最新技术进展，建立了600~3300 V碳化硅肖特基二极管和MOSFET产品技术，研制出国际先进水平的高压碳化硅MOS-FET和IGBT。
The SiC power devices are replacing the silicon-based devices in more and more applications, and becoming a research focus. The SiC device technologies have matured in recent years, and the advantages in performance over the Si device are demonstrated in this paper. The development of the high-voltage SiC power devices and some of the latest progresses are discussed.
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