With analysts predicting significant growth in the silicon carbide (SiC) power device market, in order to meet an anticipated spike in demand Japan’s Toshiba is expanding its family of 650V SiC Schottky barrier diodes (SBD). The ...
Tags: Toshiba, SiC Schottky
Markets for pulsed RF power devices up to 18GHz are expected to show continued solid growth over the next five years - exceeding $250m by 2018 - despite the current economic turmoil and cuts in defense spending, according to the study ...
Tags: ABI RF power semiconductors GaN, Electrical, Electronics
Showa Denko (SDK) is launching silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial wafers with a diameter of 6 inches (150mm) - the largest size currently available, it is claimed - for use in power devices. The firm is also selling a new grade of 4-inch ...
Tags: Epiwafers, Inverter Power Devices
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, Germany says that Air Water Inc of Azumino, Japan has successfully installed a fully automated Aixtron AIX G5 HT Planetary Reactor (in 8x6-inch configuration) for the MOCVD growth of ...
Tags: Aixtron MOCVD GaN-on-SiC, Electrical, Electronics, Industrial Equipment
A mature LED market has seen a surge in demands this year. Upstream die manufacturers one by one are transforming their market strategies in response to continual decrease in prices. Chinese manufacturer Hong Hai has been dropping prices ...
Tags: LED Market, Lighting
Epistar’s board recently approved a NT$1 billion (US$33.43 million) capital investment plan in a wholly owned Taiwanese subsidiary company that was originally a factory of Huga Optotech, according to Epistar. To meet client demands, ...
Tags: Epistar, Green Light LED Die
Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd of Yokohama, Japan has released the MB51T008A, a silicon-substrate-based, gallium-nitride (GaN) power device with a drain-source breakdown voltage (V(BR)DSS) of 150V. Features of the MB51T008A include: (1) ...
Tags: Power Device, Electrical
SurplusGLOBAL, Inc. participated in Semicon West 2013. SurplusGLOBAL CEO, Bruce Kim forecasted the increase in demand in the Asia Secondary Equipment Market. Bruce Kim, CEO of SurplusGLOBAL, has participated in Semicon West for the past ...
Tags: Semiconductor, Semiconductor Equipment, Electrical, Electronics
According to "LED lighting Power Device Market Opportunity Report" IM Research recently released shows that the global LED lighting power market is expected to reach $ 10 billion by 2016, only the demand for power devices will reach ten ...
United Silicon Carbide Inc (USCi) of Monmouth Junction, NJ, USA has selected the TCAD simulators of Silvaco Inc of Santa Clara, CA, a provider of technology computer-aided design (TCAD), circuit simulation and electronic design automation ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Starting in late 2011, the power electronics downturn in 2012 was quite severe, exhibiting a 20% drop. The market suffered from the global economic downturn, combined with external factors such as China controlling what happened in some ...
UK-based etch, deposition and growth system maker Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT), part of Oxford Instruments plc, has completed its series of Asian seminars in Beijing, China and Hsinchu, Taiwan, attracting a record total ...
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LAST POWER (Large Area silicon-carbide Substrates and heTeroepitaxial GaN for POWER device applications), the European Union-sponsored program aimed at developing a cost-effective and reliable technology for power electronics, has announced ...
Tags: SiC, substrates GaN
Power semiconductor device maker International Rectifier Corp (IR) of El Segundo, CA, USA has qualified and shipped product built on its gallium nitride (GaN)-based power device technology platform for a home theater system manufactured by ...
Uncertainty hangs over the market for power devices made with the wide-bandgap semiconductor silicon carbide (SiC), due to a lack of clarity over whether and when electric vehicles will adopt them, according to the latest study on the SiC ...
Tags: Electric Vehicle, Electronics, Power Devices