Accelerating Next Generation Power Technologies

Power Devices, and specifically Wide bandgap (WBG) power devices are rapidly expanding into new, high-growth applications—from electrified transportation and renewable energy to AI data centers operating at megawatt scale power densities. This presentation examines how next-generation power technologies are being enabled by a shift from empirically heavy development toward simulation and AI driven workflows. Using examples across Si, SiC, GaN, and emerging materials, we show how TCAD-based design at scale supports faster calibration, device optimization, and manufacturing readiness as application requirements diversify and accelerate.

The talk introduces Silvaco’s AI powered Fab Technology Co-Optimization (FTCO™) approach, which combines simulation at scale, smart DOE, and machine learning surrogate models to create physics based digital twins of devices and processes. Through case studies—including pGaN HEMTs, vertical GaN, and SiC DMOS technologies—we demonstrate how calibrated TCAD models and ML surrogates enable rapid optimization, variability analysis, and yield prediction while significantly reducing development cycles and physical DOE cost. Attendees will gain practical insight into how digital twins and parallel simulation workflows are transforming power device design, from early technology pathfinding through manufacturing support and application level validation.

What You Will Learn

• Wide bandgap power market overview
• FTCO accelerates design flows
• AI-powered calibration, optimization and digital twins
• WBG device examples: SiC, pGN, vertical GAN

Presenter

Britt Brooks, Power Applications Engineer

Britt has been at Silvaco since November 2024. He is an FAE for Power devices. Britt started his career at Texas Instruments and was a compact modeling engineer for 25+ years and an IC modeling engineer working as factory support for the FAE teams for 6 years. He was the first chairman of the Compact Model Council (now Coalition) for 7 years. Britt came to Silvaco after 4 years at Wolfspeed in the R&D team, working on scaling and predictive modeling of SiC Power MOSFETs. Additional support activities for internal corner modeling and external modeling questions for both discrete and module products were also his responsibility.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

Simulation engineers, device engineers, product managers, and engineering management.