Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany has succeeded in reducing the typical forward voltage by about 600mV to 2.6V (at a power density of 45A/cm2) in its indium gallium nitride (InGaN)-based green direct-emitting LEDs. With ...
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ON Semiconductor of Phoenix, AZ, USA – which supplies power management, analog, sensors, logic, timing, connectivity, discrete, system-on-chip (SoC) and custom devices – has extended its silicon carbide (SiC) diode portfolio by ...
Working with scientists in Texas and Warsaw, researchers at Finland’s Aalto University have made a breakthrough in revising methods largely discarded 15 years ago (‘Amphoteric Be in GaN: Experimental Evidence for Switching ...
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Honda Foundation (a public-interest incorporated foundation created by Honda Motor Co Ltd’s founder Soichiro Honda and his younger brother Benjiro Honda) says that the Honda Prize 2017 will be awarded to Kyoto University professor ...
Tags: Power Devices
At the International Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials (ICSCRM 2017) in Washington DC (17-22 September), Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp unveiled a silicon carbide (SiC) metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect ...
Tags: Power Device, Mitsubishi, SiC Mosfet
Texas Instruments Inc (TI) has launched a three-phase, gallium nitride (GaN)-based inverter reference design that helps engineers build 200V, 2kW AC servo motor drives and next-generation industrial robotics with fast current-loop control, ...
Tags: GaN Inverter, AC Servo Drives
South China University of Technology has used low-temperature barriers between indium gallium nitride (InGaN) multiple quantum wells (MQWs) to improve the light output power of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by 23% to 63.83mW at 65mA [Zhiting ...
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IOTA is proud to announce the release of the ETS-20 and ETS-20-DR Emergency Lighting Control Device...allowing for the of use wall switches or other control devices, such as a timer or occupancy sensor, on designated emergency fixtures ...
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EV Group of St Florian, Austria (a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor applications) says that over the past year it has seen a significant increase in demand for its wafer bonding ...
FCA is voluntarily recalling an estimated 16,114 full-size vans in the U.S. to repair their ignition contacts. An FCA US investigation has confirmed some vans may have been inadvertently equipped with ignition components that are subject ...
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Toshiba has announced the development of the next-generation TarfSOI (Toshiba advanced RF silicon-on-insulator) process, optimized for radio-frequency (RF) switch applications. Sample shipments of a new SP12T (single-pole 12-throw switch) ...
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Now, with the energy conservation, the environmental protection of the word was on the agenda, people about life concept also a shift in recent years has LED to rapid industry requirements and keep pace with The Times. In the energy ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors is unveiling an LED prototype in surface mount technology (SMT) with a brightness of up to 2000 lumen (lm) at ISAL 2015 – the Oslon Black Flat S. Experts achieved this high output by combining five chips from ...
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At the International Symposium on Automotive Lighting (ISAL 2015) in Darmstadt, Germany (29–30 September), Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany is unveiling the Oslon Black Flat S, a surface-mount technology (SMT) LED ...
Tags: Osram Oslon, LED, Semiconductors, headlamps
Japan's Rohm Co Ltd has started mass production of what it claims is the first silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET (metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor) with a trench structure (where the gate is formed on the sidewall of a groove in ...