The SiC handles temperatures > 200C fine. The problem with COTS SiC components is that they use aluminum wire bonds that don't hold up well at those high temper

The SiC handles temperatures > 200C fine. The problem with COTS SiC components is that they use aluminum wire bonds that don't hold up well at those high temperatures[1]. There has been research done to evaluate platinum and palladium wire bonding [2], or Nickel wire bonding [3] as replacements. [1] http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1442008/ http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1442008/ [2] http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6542125/ http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6542125/ [3] http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4914761/ http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4914761/