ABB of Zurich, Switzerland, which focuses on electric power engineering and industrial automation, has granted 5m Swiss Francs to the ETH Zurich Foundation to support the development of high-performance power semiconductors, with the aim of ...
Tags: Power electronics SiC, ABB, Electrical, Electronics
Due to new components, power electronic converters for power engineering applications are becoming even more efficient. In particular, silicon carbide (SiC) devices enable the construction of extremely efficient and compact power electronic ...
Tags: SiC Devices, DC-DC Converter
Seoul Semiconductor a global leader in LED technology on May 26th has announced the release of a new generation of Acrich MJT 5050 LEDs, with high lumen output, reliability, and cost performance optimized for the outdoor lighting market. ...
South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor has released a new generation of Acrich MJT 5050 LEDs, with high lumen output, reliability and cost performance optimized for the outdoor lighting market. At a drive current of 20mA and a forward ...
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has obtained orders for high-voltage (HV) LED chips from Philips Lumileds Lighting, Osram and General Electric, with shipments to begin in second-quarter 2014, according to the Chinese-language ...
Tags: HV LED Chips, chip
Microsemi Corp of Aliso Viejo, CA, USA (which designs and makes analog and RF devices, mixed-signal integrated circuits and subsystems) has introduced its new silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET product family with new 1200V solutions. The new SiC ...
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
Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA claims to have shattered the on-resistance barrier of traditional 1200V MOSFET technology by introducing the first commercially available silicon carbide (SiC) 1200V MOSFET with an RDS(ON) of 25mΩ in an ...
Tags: Cree SiC MOSFET, Electrical, Electronics
Transphorm Inc of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA (which designs and delivers power conversion devices and modules) has obtained a sole worldwide license to Furukawa Electric Co Ltd's extensive gallium nitride (GaN) power device ...
Tags: Transphorm GaN-on-Si GaN HEMT, power conversion devices, power modules
Dow Corning Corp of Midland, MI, USA, which provides silicon and wide-bandgap semiconductor technology, has introduced a product grading structure for silicon carbide (SiC) crystal quality that specifies new tolerances on killer device ...
LED chips are a core component in the LED industry. There are currently many domestic and international LED chip manufacturers in China, but there currently are no categorization standards, according to a report by Chinese-language ...
Tags: LED Industry, LED Chips
AJ Distributors introduces the new J-Series trimmer capacitors from Voltronics. The J-Series is a proven performer delivering uncompromising stability in demanding RFID, medical and cellular technologies applications. Extensive families ...
AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, has extended the capacitanceThat property of a system of conductors and dielectrics which permits the storage of electricity when potential difference ...
Tags: Voltage Ratings, AVX
element14 has announced the addition of four new polymer capacitors from Panasonic to its range. The SP-Cap, POSCAP, OS-CON and Polymer Hybrid capacitors provide high efficiency and low ESRLow Equivalent Series ResistanceLow Equivalent ...
Tags: Polymer Capacitors, Panasonic
SARL News report that scientists at George Washington University have devised a new technique to manufacture super-capacitors at a fraction of the current cost. The research team made the new ultracapacitor out of grapheneGraphene is an ...
Tags: super-capacitors, lower cost