NoMIS Co-founder Wins Award to Advance Commercial Readiness of SiC MOSFETs

September 23, 2022

State University of New York today announced that the Technology Accelerator Fund (TAF) invested $300,000 in faculty-led projects to accelerate the development of eight innovations that are poised for commercial success.

TAF investments are awarded through a rigorous evaluation process, with input from external experts in various fields of science, technology, and business development. Factors considered include the availability and strength of intellectual property protection, marketability, feasibility, breadth of impact, and commercial potential.

The SUNY TAF Class of 2022 included NoMis Power Co-Founder & Director of SiC Device Design Woongje Sung, associate professor of nanoengineering at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, developed a novel power semiconductor device and packaging technology to enable and provide a more reliable, rugged, and efficient solution for power electronics.

SUNY TAF’s investment in this project will provide the capital needed to further validate, advance, and enhance the commercial readiness of our technologies.

Woongje Sung, SUNY Polytechnic Institute Associate Professor of Nanoengineering, said, “We are grateful for receiving this TAF investment, in addition to matching funds from Indium Corporation and SUNY Poly spinoff NoMIS Power, which will support innovative approaches to SiC-MOSFET architecture to offer a four-fold improvement in short-circuit time over currently available technology. This technology improves the reliability of silicon carbide-based power electronics, which should allow it to be used more broadly for applications, such as for electric vehicles, and we look forward to licensing this technology for production sale to power electronic device original equipment manufacturers.”