Navitas Semiconductor Inc of El Segundo, CA, USA has launched its first products, which are claimed to be the industry's first gallium nitride (GaN) power ICs. Navitas was founded in 2013, and in 2014 investment firm MalibuIQ licensed the ...
Tags: GaN, Power electronics
GE Aviation (an operating unit of GE) has been awarded a $2.1m contract from the US Army to develop and demonstrate silicon carbide (SiC)-based power electronics supporting high-voltage next-generation ground vehicle electrical power ...
Tags: GE Aviation, SiC power devices
In booth 1655 at the Applied Power Electronics Conference & Exposition (APEC 2016) in Long Beach, CA, USA (20–24 March), Monolith Semiconductor Inc of Round Rock, TX, USA is demonstrating its fast-switching silicon carbide (SiC) ...
Tags: SiC MOSFET, SiC Schottky barrier diodes, SiC power devices
In booth #2244 at the 31st IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC 2016) in Long Beach (20-24 March), Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA, which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on ...
Tags: GaN FETs, DC-DC Converter
Caterpillar has announced that it will discontinue the production of its on-highway vocational trucks, based on present business climate in the truck industry and a thorough evaluation of the business, the company decided it would withdraw ...
Tags: Caterpillar, Vocational Trucks
A team of engineers from Cornell University, the University of Notre Dame and the semiconductor company IQE has created gallium nitride (GaN) power diodes capable of serving as the building blocks for future GaN power switches -- with ...
Tags: GaN p-n junction diodes, GaN Power Switches, solid-state lighting
Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA, which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon (eGaN) power field-effect transistors (FETs) for power management applications, has announced publication of the second ...
Tags: EPC, E-mode GaN FETs
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, says that for full-year 2016 it expects net sales ...
Tags: First Solar Thin-film photovoltaic CdTe, Tempe AZ, Electrical
ITM Power, the energy storage and clean fuel company, is pleased to announce that it has today officially received the first Toyota Mirai fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) to be delivered in the UK. This coincides with the announcement by ...
Tags: Hydrogen Fuel, Toyota
GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a fabless developer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control applications, is displaying its new GS66540C 650V 100A high-current GaN power ...
A total of 7.73GWp in PV power-generating and distributed systems was installed in China in first-half 2015, with cumulative capacity reaching 35.7GWp, according to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). China ...
Tags: silicon wafer, PV module
ELIX Wireless has announced the E10K Wireless Charging System, a wireless charging solution that delivers a full 10kW of wireless power transfer. The E10K Wireless Charging System is based on ELIX Wireless' patented Magneto-Dynamic ...
Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA, which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon (eGaN) power field-effect transistors (FETs) for power management applications, has launched the EPC2107 (100V) and ...
Tags: electronic components, semiconductor, EGaN Power, wireless power transfer
Princeton Power Systems of Princeton, NJ, USA - which designs and manufactures products for energy management, micro-grid operations and electric vehicle charging - has demonstrated for the first time a grid-tied bi-directional power ...
Tags: SiC JFETs, Power Converter
In booth 4D18 at PCIM (Power Conversion Intelligent Motion) Asia 2015 in Shanghai (24–26 June), GaN Systems Inc in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – a fabless developer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching semiconductors for ...
Tags: GaN Systems, Power electronics, Transistor