Flexibility Without Compromise

The SpeedVal Kit platform enables testing Silicon Carbide devices, gate drivers, and controls at real operating conditions, allowing you to make the transition to your own design with confidence.
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SpeedVal Kit™ Modular Silicon Carbide Evaluation Platform

SpeedVal Kit™ Modular Silicon Carbide Evaluation Platform

Speed the transition from silicon to Silicon Carbide with the industry’s most versatile modular Silicon Carbide evaluation platform providing a flexible set of building blocks for in-circuit evaluation of system performance.

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SPEEDVAL KIT™ Modular Evaluation Platform

With Wolfspeed’s SpeedVal Kit™ you can quickly evaluate and optimize the high-speed dynamic switching performance of Wolfspeed Silicon Carbide MOSFETs paired with your choice of a range of gate driver options from our industry-leading partners. The platform can also be used for performing high-power thermal testing to evaluate operation at real operating points.

Features

  • Multiple configurations
  • Quickly swap devices for testing
  • Verified compatible components
  • Can run the half-bridge board in buck or boost mode up to 15kW

    • Benefits

  • Comprehensive design kit
  • Functional blocks as design starting points
  • Flexible platform for quick evaluation of multiple device choices

    • Uses

  • Switching loss measurement
  • Gate driver evaluation
  • Thermal testing
  • Buck/Boost operation

    • Additionally, to complement the hardware testing, an accurate modular spice model has been developed for each block in the system to allow engineers to compare test data with simulation and build upon the simulation file to model their own system.

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    Contact Richardson RFPD’s global applications engineering team to learn more about Wolfspeed’s SpeedVal kit. 

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    SpeedVal Kit™ Motherboard

    The SpeedVal Kit Motherboard contains the power connections, DC bus, interface for the daughter cards, and a fan that enables high-power testing.
    Product SKU
    Configuration
    Working Voltage
    Current Rating
    Half-Bridge Cards Supported
    Availability
    SpeedVal Kit™ Modular Evaluation Platform​ Half-Bridge Motherboard
    MOD-MB-HB-0900V-40A
    Half-Bridge
    900 V
    900 V
    1
    Order

    Configure SpeedVal Kit™ with a Power Daughter Card

    Available Power Daughter Cards for configuration with SpeedVal Kit™

    Select from a variety of power daughter cards that feature a unique card edge allowing designers to quickly swap out components, while maintaining low inductance. These power daughter cards include a pre-assembled heat sink that aligns with a fan on the motherboard to enable high-power testing.

    Product SKU
    Upper Devices
    Lower Devices
    Blocking Voltage
    RDS(ON) at 25°C
    Package
    Availability
    MOD-PWR-MM-C3M0025065L
    C3M0025065J1
    C3M0025065J1
    650 V
    25 mΩ
    TOLL
    Order
    MOD-PWR-MM-C3M0025065J1
    C3M0025065J1
    C3M0025065J1
    650 V
    25 mΩ
    TO-263-7
    Order
    MOD-PWR-MM-C3M0045065J1
    C3M0045065J1
    C3M0045065J1
    650 V
    45 mΩ
    TO-263-7
    Order
    MOD-PWR-MM-C3M0045065K
    C3M0045065K
    C3M0045065K
    650 V
    45 mΩ
    TO-247-4
    Order
    MOD-PWR-MM-C3M0045065L
    C3M0045065L
    C3M0045065L
    650 V
    45 mΩ
    TOLL
    Order
    MOD-PWR-MM-C3M0060065J
    C3M0060065J
    C3M0060065J
    650 V
    60 mΩ
    TO-263-7
    Order
    MOD-PWR-MM-C3M0060065K
    C3M0060065K
    C3M0060065K
    650 V
    60 mΩ
    TO-247-4
    Order
    MOD-PWR-MM-C3M0060065L
    C3M0060065L
    C3M0060065L
    650 V
    60 mΩ
    TOLL
    Order
    MOD-PWR-MM-C3M0032120J1
    C3M0032120J1
    C3M0032120J1
    1200 V
    32 mΩ
    TO-263-7
    Order
    MOD-PWR-MM-C3M0032120K
    C3M0032120K
    C3M0032120K
    1200 V
    32 mΩ
    TO-247-4
    Order
    MOD-PWR-MM-C3M0040120J1
    C3M0040120J1
    C3M0040120J1
    1200 V
    40 mΩ
    TO-263-7
    Order
    MOD-PWR-MM-C3M0040120K
    C3M0040120K
    C3M0040120K
    1200 V
    40 mΩ
    TO-247-4
    Order
    MOD-PWR-MM-C3M0075120J
    C3M0075120J
    C3M0075120J
    1200 V
    75 mΩ
    TO-263-7
    Order
    MOD-PWR-MM-C3M0075120K
    C3M0075120K
    C3M0075120K
    1200 V
    75 mΩ
    TO-247-4
    Order

    Configure SpeedVal Kit™ with a Gate Driver Card

    Select from a variety of Gate Driver Cards from Wolfspeed’s industry-leading partners. All gate driver cards have two isolated gate drive outputs and associated gate power supplies for driving Wolfspeed Silicon Carbide MOSFETs. These cards have been tested for compatibility and are jointly supported by Wolfspeed and our partners.
    Product SKU
    Package
    Designed by
    Gate Driver
    Output Channels
    Interface Tool
    Availability
    EVAL-ADUM4146WHB1Z
    FM3, GM3, SpeedVal Kit
    Analog Devices
    Analog Devices AduM4146
    2
    CGD12HB00D
    Order
    Si823H-ACWA-KIT
    FM3, GM3, SpeedVal Kit
    Skyworks
    Skyworks Si823Hx
    2
    CGD12HB00D
    Order
    CGD1700HB2M-UNA
    FM3, GM3, SpeedVal Kit
    Wolfspeed
    Texas Instruments UCC21710
    2
    CGD12HB00D
    Order

    Optional SpeedVal Kit™ Accessories

    MOD-ACC-BUCKBOOST-190uH

    Wolfspeed

    Buck/Boost filter board accessory that enables the half-bridge modular setup to be tested in the buck or boost configuration. -190uH references the value of the inductor mounted to the board. User selects value dependent on the voltages, current and desired operating mode of the system.

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    MOD-ACC-BUCKBOOST-400uH

    Wolfspeed

    Buck/Boost filter board accessory that enables the half-bridge modular setup to be tested in the buck or boost configuration. -400uH references the value of the inductor mounted to the board. User selects value dependent on the voltages, current and desired operating mode of the system.
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    About our Team of Experts

    Our team of global applications engineers are available to answer your questions to ensure your power conversion or energy storage system design meets your performance expectations. If you’re transitioning from silicon to gallium nitride (GaN) or silicon carbide (SiC), we’ll help identify the right switching device to achieve the power density and increased efficiency your application requires.
     
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