Analog Devices Inc (ADI) of Norwood, MA, USA has launched small-form-factor isolated gate drivers designed for the higher switching speeds and system size constraints required by power switch technologies such as silicon carbide (SiC) and ...
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Japan’s ROHM Semiconductor has developed 1200V 400A/600A-rated full-silicon carbide (SiC) power modules [BSM400D12P3G002/BSM600D12P3G001] - available in June (for samples and OEM quantities) - optimized for inverters and converters in ...
Tags: power modules, Semiconductor
Researchers in South Korea and the USA claim record 2190cm2/V-s effective mobility for indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) quantum well (QW) metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) on 300mm-diameter (100) silicon ...
Tags: Transistors, MOSFETs
Let’s be honest; the excitement surrounding new versions of Google’s Android operating system is always tempered by the realisation all of those features are probably 12 months away from arriving on most phones. As of May 2, ...
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Global technology company Electronics For Imaging (EFI) has acquired CRC Information Systems for an undisclosed price from Reynolds and Reynolds. Based in Scottsdale, Arizona and founded in 1978, CRC provides business management ...
A new top-end Qualcomm chipset is allegedly already in development, paving the way for next year’s flagship smartphones. US chipmaker Qualcomm is a global leader for smartphone processors, which explains why its chips feature in ...
Tags: Qualcomm chipset, smartphone
Apple is almost always embroiled in an acquisition rumour, and the latest predictions put Netflix – amongst others – in the Silicon Valley store window. This week, we learned that Apple now has cash reserves totalling an ...
The ongoing shortage of global supply of mono-Si solar wafers is likely to remain until third-quarter 2018, according to China-based makers of such wafers. The China government, encouraging adoption of PV modules made of mono-Si solar ...
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GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – a fabless developer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control applications – says that its transistors are being used by power ...
Tags: GaN Systems, Solar Power Inverter
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 its Phase Nine Reliability ...
Tags: gallium nitride, FETs
It was just a few days ago that news broke of Apple ending its licence agreement with British graphic chip-maker Imagination Technologies, causing the latter's stock to plummet. As the revelation broke, a statement from Imagination ...
Tags: iPhone 8, graphic chip
Carbonics Inc of Marina Del Rey, CA, USA has launched its ZEBRA carbon-on-silicon technology for radio frequency (RF) components and devices in wireless, communications, defense and aerospace markets. Carbonics was spun out from ...
Trillium, which aims to close the cyber-security gap threatening self-driving cars, has completed its Series A financing round with investments by Global Brain, Mizuho Capital and DBJ Capital. Tokyo-based Trillium designs and provides ...
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China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) officially released the full articles of the 13th Five-Year Plan, regulating the energy development roadmap and action plan from 2016 to 2020. For solar PV, the basic ...
Tags: low-carbon energy, solar PV
Prices for 12-inch blank silicon wafers are set to continue rising, driven by robust demand from foundries and memory chipmakers, according to industry sources. Wafer suppliers are mulling adjusting upward their contract quotes for ...
Tags: Silicon Wafers, memory chip