M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc (MACOM) of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog, RF, microwave and millimeter-wave applications) has launched a high-power PIN diode single-pole three-throw ...
Tags: M/A-COM, GaAs, SP3T switch
Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA says that its C2M, 1200V, 80mΩ silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs have been selected by Japan's Sanix Inc, to be designed into their new 9.9kW three-phase solar inverters for use in the construction of ...
Tags: Cree SiC MOSFET, Solar Inverters, Solar, Electrical, Electronics
3M, the diversified technology company, has announced that DK Thermal will distribute its thermally conductive adhesive tapes in the UK. Thermally conductive adhesive transfer tapes are designed to transfer heat rapidly from electronic ...
Tags: 3M, Construction, Decoration, adhesive
Wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductor materials such as silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) are best positioned to address emerging power electronics performance needs in electric vehicles (EVs), with SiC displacing silicon as early ...
Tags: Power electronics GaN SiC, Electric Vehicle, Electrical, Electronics
South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor has launched a new Acrich module optimized for omnidirectional lamps to meet ENERGY STAR requirements. This new module consists of the Acrich MJT 2525 series LED along with Seoul Semiconductor's ...
Tags: Seoul Semiconductor, LEDs, Electrical, Electronics
Three University of California, Riverside researchers are part of team recently awarded a grant of almost $1.7m from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to characterize, analyze and synthesize a new class of ultra-thin-film materials ...
Tags: Graphene, Electrical, Electronics
Revenues for LED modules in lighting applications are expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 32.8% to $7.8bn by 2019, according to Strategies Unlimited’s first report on the global LED module market. ...
Tags: LEDs, Lighting market, Electronics
According to Strategies Unlimited, backlighting will comprise a larger portion of the modules market through 2018, at which point saturation and an increased usage by luminaire makers of third party LED modules will allow for the lighting ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, LED, LED modules
MAHLE Behr USA is developing exhaust gas heat exchangers for gasoline engines to help auto makers meet new fuel-economy and emission standards. Martin Bauer, development director for engine-mounted components at MAHLE Behr USA, notes that ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Accessories
An international team of researchers has been exploring nanomembranes of beta-phase gallium oxide (β-Ga2O3) as a channel material for high-voltage field-effect transistors (FETs) [Wan Sik Hwang et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol104, ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Transistor
US-based engineering simulation software developer ANSYS in association with the General Motors (GM), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and ESim is working to design better, safer and longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries for ...
Tags: Electric Vehicles, Auto Parts
The need for high-power, high-frequency transistors is increasing steadily, commensurate with the huge demand for wireless telecommunications, notes market research firm Yole Développement in its report ‘RF GaN Technology & ...
Luxembourg-registered synthetic diamond materials firm Element Six (a member of the De Beers Family of Companies) says that its gallium nitride (GaN)-on-diamond wafers have been proven by Raytheon Company to significantly outperform ...
Tags: GaN-on-Diamond Wafers, GaN-on-SiC
Continental partners with Schaeffler to present the Gasoline Technology Car (GTC) at the 35th International Vienna Motor Symposium scheduled to be held during 08-09 May 2014 in Austria. The joint GTC project demonstrates how a networked ...
German automaker Audi has introduced its new 3.0 Turbocharged Direct Injection (TDI) engine at the 35th International Vienna Motor Symposium in Vienna, Austria. The new V6 diesel powertrain is available in two variants that produce ...
Tags: TDI Engine, V6 Engine, Audi