CDIL unravels its new packaging units for EV semiconductors in India
Continental Device India Private Limited (CDIL) became the first Indian business to begin producing Silicon Carbide devices for
electric vehicles (EVs
) on Thursday, giving India's semiconductor industry a boost. The facility's overall capacity for CDIL will rise to 600 million units yearly with the addition of the new surface-mount semiconductor packaging line.Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, virtually opened the new Surface Mount Semiconductor Packaging Line at the CDIL facility in Mohali, Punjab.
According to the business, pilot production of 50 million units has already begun, and its first shipment has been made to clients in both the home and foreign markets.
This will aid CDIL in preparing for the imminent increase in solar panels, power management equipment, and electric vehicles.
In order to turn Mohali into the nation's end-to-end semiconductor centre, CDIL also inked an MoU with the Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL), a research facility there run by the IT Ministry.
They will collaborate to create a thorough framework that will make use of SCL's specialist expertise and wafer fabrication resources to build indigenous wafers for CDIL's semiconductor devices utilising CDIL's own manufacturing techniques.
Both the federal government and the state governments place a high priority on India's semiconductor mission, and the industry has seen several advancements.
"It's encouraging to see CDIL leading the way in discrete semiconductor device packaging. CDIL is capable of packaging, design, and R&D. Additionally, they once possessed a fabrication facility. In the future, I believe CDIL would also think about establishing a discrete fab in the nation with financial assistance from the "Semicon India" plan.
Silicon Carbide (SiC) products have been identified and are the focus of CDIL. Specifically in high-power charging applications and battery management systems, SiC is an emerging technology that enables significantly better efficiency and power-handling capabilities.
To gain expertise and aid in the transition to EVs, CDIL invested R&D resources in discrete SiC technology. At the Mohali factory, CDIL has also set up an advanced testing and reliability laboratory.
"We have invested time and money to perfect SiC devices, despite the fact that they are challenging to fabricate at scale. Large multinational clients in export markets have overwhelmingly praised CDIL for its ability to innovate on the brittleness and complexity surrounding the manufacture of SiC devices, according to Prithvideep Singh, General Manager of CDIL.