Peter Wellmann, PhD is Professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Department of Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology, Germany. Noboru Ohtani, PhD, is Professor at the School of Engineering and Director of the R&D Center for SiC Materials and Processes at Kwansei Gakuin University, Hyogo, Japan. Roland Rupp, PhD, was Senior Principal SiC Technology at Infineon AG in Munich, Germany, where he has built up and coordinated the development of SiC technology for power applications.