Electric motor technology developer Hyperdrives has chosen CISSOID’s silicon carbide (SiC) Inverter Control Modules (ICMs) to power its hollow conductor-cooled electric motors.

Hyperdrives’ approach uses a direct cooling system that dissipates heat at its source by channeling cooling fluid through hollow conductor windings. This design enhances heat dissipation by a factor of 10, the company said, allowing for continuous currents three times higher than traditional systems and resulting in motors that are twice as power-dense.

To complement this motor design, Hyperdrives has integrated CISSOID’s three-phase 1,200 V/550 A SiC Inverter Control Module in its Hyperdrives One third-generation hollow conductor cooled power unit.

The CXT-ICM3SA series integrates SiC power modules, gate driver boards, and control boards featuring Intel Automotive’s T222 Adaptive Control Unit (ACU) and its accompanying control software for the rapid development and deployment of high-performance drivetrains.

“Finding an inverter solution that matches the extreme power density of our hollow conductor cooled motors was a real challenge—but with CISSOID’s SiC Inverter Control Module we found exactly that,” said Benjamin Hengstler, co-founder of Hyperdrives. “The result is an ultra-compact, ready-to-install EDU that is second-to-none in gravimetric and volumetric power density. The great feedback from our customers in automotive, aviation and marine is a testament to this long-standing collaboration.”

Source: CISSOID