About Us

Silvertech is commercialising a patented transistor technology that will enable a step-change improvement in critical equipment needed for the renewable energy revolution.

  • Provides both technical and cost improvements over existing solutions

  • Improved efficiency, smaller/lighter solutions, wider range of applications, all at lower cost

  • Developed with a world-leading research team at Griffith University’s Microtechnology Centre

Silvertech was founded in 2022 to commercialise our novel SiC lateral FET technology.

Silvertech’s plan is to bring to market in 2026 the first commercial SiC lateral FET and expand this product range to integrated power devices, modules, and on-chip systems.

Silvertech’s mission

Silvertech’s mission is to make electronics that help power  the world. We want our semiconductor devices to be used globally and to be more cost effective, higher performing, smaller, lighter, and faster than anything else on the market.

  • Better performance at lower cost with new capabilities advancing the field of power conversion

  • Patented technology is the first genuinely new innovation in SiC MOSFETS

  • Pathway to fully integrated on-die power conversion modules

The Problem Silvertech Solves

  • Synchronisation of the electricity grid, and control of high electrical power in EVs, data centres, power traction, inverters and electric motors all require electrical switches called power MOSFETs
  • Traditionally made from Silicon, but these are low voltage and current
  • Modern semiconductors such as GaN and SiC are the most recent options to fabricate these devices
  • They make higher voltage, smaller, more robust, and more efficient solutions than Silicon
  • However existing SiC and GaN devices are costlier to manufacture or have significant drawbacks
  • GaN is limited to relatively low voltages – severely restricting applications (low power)
  • Existing SiC devices can be costly, comparatively slow and are currently unable to be easily integrated into single chip modules
  • The integration of multiple transistors within Silicon was the driver for its cost efficiency and massive uptake in CMOS electronics
  • There is strong demand-pull for cheaper, lighter, highly efficient power conversion at the higher voltages and power

Silvertech’s Solution

  • Silvertech’s patented IP is a new, lateral, SiC transistor with improved high voltage performance, at lower cost, which can be integrated into total solutions
  • Converters using this new device will be smaller, more powerful and cheaper
  • The holy grail of system improvement
  • It uses a novel and patented lateral MOSFET device design
  • It uses a significantly simplified manufacturing process in comparison with existing SiC power MOSFETs
  • Its lateral design is lower cost to manufacture and higher reliability in application use
  • Faster switching allows high frequency operation without compromise and better total system performance
  • Higher power densities
  • Simplified driver and controller electronics
  • It is integrable with other electronic circuits
  • Its lateral structure opens the way for highly integrated switching solutions with a Moore’s Law-like cost and performance improvement profile
  • Full on-chip integrated devices paves the way for generations of customer driven improvements
  • Technology roadmap underpins the long-term competitiveness and profitability of this new technology

Current Solution

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