The global market for radio-frequency (RF) power semiconductor devices – spanning silicon (LDMOS), gallium arsenide (GaAs) and gallium nitride (GaN) – will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 12% during ...
Tags: Semiconductor
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) says that its RF Energy Toolkits are now available for order, ...
Tags: RF Systems, Macom
Philips Photonics of Ulm, Germany - which provides vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) technology for datacom, consumer and industrial applications - has completed ‘VIDaP’ (VCSEL Pilot Line for Illumination, Datacom ...
The compound semiconductor market will rise at a CAGR of 11.24% from $40.452bn in 2017 to $68.915bn by 2022, driven by next-generation 5G technologies requiring greater speed and minimum latency, according to a report from Knowledge ...
Tags: LEDs, consumer electronics
Arizona State University (ASU) in the USA claims the first demonstration of 1kV-class aluminium nitride (AlN) Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) [Houqiang Fu et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, 5 July 2017]. AlN has a wide bandgap of 6.2eV. ...
Tags: semiconductor, MOCVD
The global compound semiconductor market will rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.47% during 2017-2021, forecasts market research firm Technavio. The report ‘Global Compound Semiconductor Market 2017-2021’ ...
In hall B2, booth 350 at the Laser World of Photonics 2017 trade show in Munich, Germany (26–29 June), Berlin-based Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Hochstfrequenztechnik (FBH) – which offers the full value ...
Tags: FBH, UV LED Developments
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
Kulicke & Soffa Industries is set to showcase its new packaging solutions at the SMT Hybrid Packaging trade show in Germany. The event will take place from 16 to 18 May in Nuremberg. Kulicke & Soffa will showcase its products such as ...
Tags: Hybrid Packaging, Packaging
AgileSwitch LLC of Philadelphia, PA, USA - which produces plug-and-play, programmable silicon IGBT and silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET gate drive assemblies to address demands for higher performance and functionality at higher voltages and ...
Tags: SiC MOSFET, AgileSwitch LLC
MACOM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has launched the MAAP-011247 and MAAP-011248 distributed power ...
Tags: MACOM, power amplifiers
IXYS Corp of Milpitas, CA, USA and Leiden, The Netherlands, which provides power semiconductors and mixed-signal ICs for power conversion and motor control applications, has announced availability of its IXFN50N120SK and IXFN70N120SK 1200V ...
Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Wolfspeed Power & RF division of Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA for $850m in cash (about €740m). The deal also includes the related silicon ...
At a ceremony at the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) National Centre for Power Electronics Annual Conference 2016 in Nottingham, UK, a post-graduate team from Imperial College London received the £2000 ...
Tags: GaN Systems, power conversion
Power semiconductor device manufacturer Rohm Co Ltd of Kyoto, Japan has developed a 1200V/300A full-SiC (silicon carbide) power module - integrating a SiC-SBD (Schottky barrier diode) and SiC-MOSFET (metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect ...