SiC MOSFETs from ROHM chosen by Lucid for efficient on-board charging of groundbreaking luxury electric vehicle Lucid Air – EV AC Charging ‘Powered By ROHM’

SiC MOSFETs from ROHM chosen by Lucid for efficient on-board charging of groundbreaking luxury electric vehicle Lucid Air – EV AC Charging ‘Powered By ROHM’

ROHM Semiconductor has announced that Lucid, an advanced luxury electric vehicle company headquartered in California, is using its silicon carbide metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor (SiC MOSFET) in the ground-breaking Lucid Air. The Wunderbox, the main on-board charging unit in the Lucid Air, integrates a DC-DC converter and the Bi-directional On-Board Charger (OBC), where an advanced power factor correction circuit is capable of operating at high switching frequencies thanks to the superior performance of the SiC MOSFET. The improved performance at high frequency and high temperature of ROHM's SCT3040K and SCT3080K SiC MOSFETs have helped Lucid to reduce the size of the design, and to reduce power losses, which results in high charging efficiency.