When the first SiC diode was launched in 2001, the industry questioned the future of the SiC power business: Will it grow? Is this a real business? But 15 years later, in 2016, people don't ask these questions anymore, since the SiC power ...
Tags: SiC Power, SiC device
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 ...
By the end of 2016, more than half of all new automotive 77GHz radar systems worldwide will be equipped with chips from Munich-based Infineon Technologies AG, meaning that about one in 15 new cars will use a driver assistance system using ...
The RF power semiconductor market will grow from $10.57bn in 2015 to $31.26bn in 2022, rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.4% between 2016 and 2022, forecasts the firm MarketsandMarkets. According to the report 'RF Power ...
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Led by adoption across various market segments, the gallium nitride (GaN) RF device market will double over the next five years, reckons Yole Développement in its new report 'GaN RF Devices Market: Applications, Players, Technology, ...
Market sectors encompassing telecommunications, consumer electronics, innovative energy applications in transportation, electricity generation and other market sectors are increasingly valuing power semiconductor devices as usage of these ...
Tags: AC driver, railway applications, high power
Infineon Technologies AG introduced its first devices in a family of Gallium Nitride (GaN) on Silicon Carbide (SiC) RF power transistors at this year's European Microwave Week. As part of Infineon’s industry-leading GaN portfoliothe ...
Every fifth kilowatt hour of electricity around the world is used for artificial light. LED technology, however, is making significant savings possible. About 13 million tons of CO 2 could be saved in Germany alone, equaling the emission of ...
Tags: Infineon, LED Drivers, Digitally Configurable Controller
The high-frequency radar chip team at Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany has been nominated for the Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2015 (German Future Award), the German President's Award for Innovation in Science and Technology. Radar ...
Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany says that is the market leader in power semiconductors for the twelfth consecutive time. Following the firm's acquisition of International Rectifier at the beginning of 2015, Infineon has a market ...
Tags: power semiconductors, Electronics
In booth C309 (Hall Ternes) at European Microwave Week (EuMW 2015) in Paris, France (6-11 September), Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany has introduced its first devices in a family of gallium nitride on silicon carbide ...
Tags: EuMW 2015, GaN-on-silicon, GaN-on-SiC, PA
According to the report 'GaN and SiC for power electronics applications' from Yole Développement, in 2014 the silicon carbide (SiC) chip business was worth more than $133m, with power factor correction (PFC) and photovoltaics (PV) ...
Tags: SiC Market, power electronics
At its 14th Global Supplier Award ceremony in Stuttgart, Germany, Robert Bosch GmbH has presented Dr Reinhard Ploss, CEO of Munich-based Infineon Technologies AG, with an award in the 'Innovations' category in recognition of the firm's ...
With funding of about €3.9m from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 12 partners in the German automotive sector, its supply industry and the sciences (led by Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany) are ...
Richard Eden, senior analyst (Power Semiconductors) at market research firm IHS Technology, attended the recent PCIM (Power Conversion Intelligent Motion) Europe 2015 tradeshow in Nuremberg, Germany (19-21 May), and in a Research Note has ...
Tags: GaN SiC, Power electronics