Pasternack Inc of Irvine, CA, USA (which makes both passive and active RF, microwave and millimeter-wave products) has launched a new line of E- and W-band PIN diode waveguide switches. The single-pole single-throw (SPST) and double-pole ...
Tags: Pasternack, Switches
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
Researchers in Russia claim “the first demonstration of an injection quantum well microdisk laser fabricated of III-V materials monolithically grown on silicon (001) substrate” [N. V. Kryzhanovskaya et al, Optics Express, vol. ...
Tags: silicon photonics, Lasers
Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has introduced a new product category of high-power Bluetooth power amplifiers for mobile applications targeting Wi-Fi-enabled ...
Tags: Skyworks, Power Amplifier
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
The Optoelectronics group of Vishay Intertechnology Inc of Malvern, PA, USA has launched a new series of true green LEDs in a compact surface-mount 0603 ChipLED package. Measuring 1.6mm by 0.8mm with an ultra-thin 0.55mm profile, the ...
Tags: ChipLED Package, package
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 the EPC2111, a 30V ...
Tags: transistors, GaN transistor
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 ...
Tags: Analog Devices, GaN Power
Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has launched the SKY66113-11, its newest 2.4GHz fully integrated RF front-end module (FEM) supporting Bluetooth Low Energy/Bluetooth ...
Tags: Skyworks, Front-End Module
Pasternack Inc of Irvine, CA, USA (which makes both passive and active RF, microwave and millimeter-wave products) has expanded its offering of broadband limiting amplifiers which are commonly used in electronic warfare, microwave receivers ...
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
BMW has introduced the MINI Cooper S E Countryman ALL4 in a plug-in hybrid drive, with an option to drive in purely electric mode. Characteristic MINI driving fun is now available in fascinating, sustainable form. The MINI Cooper S E ...
Tags: BMW, Fully-Electric Versions
Due to funding assistance from PowerAmerica – a private-public partnership between the US Department of Energy, industry and academia – Transphorm Inc of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA, which designs and manufactures what ...
Tags: PowerAmerica, GaN products
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
Even just a few short years ago, LED lighting was largely viewed as something that would be nice to have, but wasn’t exactly practical for widespread use, due in large part to the cost. Well, the so-called “LED revolution” ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED lights