HexaTech Inc of Morrisville, NC, USA has received a $2.2m award from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) to enable the development of “new power semiconductor technology for the ...
Tags: power semiconductor technology, Energy, electrical power grid
This year's Intel Developer Forum was upstaged by Apple's iPhone 5 launch event, which to some show attendees felt like a reprise of last year, when IDF had to compete with Microsoft's Build conference. Apple's event dominated the second ...
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Researchers in the USA have achieved record transconductance and cut-off frequencies for indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) channel metal-oxide field effect transistors (MOSFETs) [D.-H. Kim et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol101, p223507, 2012]. ...
The problems with planar scaling to 20nm may make it unsuitable for mobile applications,according to Professor Asen Asenov,Professor at Glasgow University and CEO of Gold Standard Simulations(GSS). "My understanding is that 20nm will be ...
Power management semiconductor market to rise 9.7% during Q2 The global power management semiconductor market is expected to report 9.7% rise during the second quarter of 2012 (2Q12) to $7.9bn when compared to $7.2bn during the first ...
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Singapore researchers have developed high-mobility III-V indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) channel n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (n-MOSFET) on germanium-on-insulator (GeOI) substrates [Ivana et al, Appl. Phys. ...
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In hall A5, booth 343 at electronica 2012 in Munich, Germany (13–16 November), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA is announcing the commercially availability of what it claims is the industry’s first fully qualified, production-ready ...
Tags: power module, silicon carbide, high-frequency module, power converters
O2Micro®International Limited, a global leader in the design, development and marketing of high-performance integrated circuits and solutions, today extended the Company's General Lighting product portfolio with the introduction of the ...
Global and China Power Device Industry Report, 2011-2012underlines: 1. power device; 2. global and China power device market; 3. power device industry; 4. IGBT, SiC and GaN market and industry outlook; 5. 18 power device players. ...
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Smart electricity metering system design is looking to use completely novel power supply topologies,writes Tolga Aydemir. Smart electricity meters are big news a with cost savings promised for suppliers and consumers a but they ...
Tags: Smart Meters, Electrical&Electronics, SMPS, PSU, MOSFETS
Upscale lighting and automotive applications direct product development efforts. Tightening competition in the LED driver IC line is spurring further product development in Taiwan amid widening adoption of the"green"technology in lighting ...
Tags: LED, LED driver IC R&D, LD7101 model, Taiwan, Upscale lighting
Texas Instruments has a new 6-channel LED driver IC for high-light applications such as street lights, while Allegro Microsystems introduced a product that can drive 3A and Diodes Inc. has a new driver for SSL application using mid-power ...
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Texas Instruments(TI)has released LM3463,which is a six-channel LED driver for high-power LED lighting applications.This LED driver is an addition to the already existing TI's range of LED drivers which include the eight-channel TLC5960 and ...
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Dallas Texas Instruments Incorporated(TI)(NASDAQ:TXN)today introduced a six-channel LED driver with dynamic headroom control for high-power applications,which accurately and efficiently drives up to six strings of LEDs.The LM3463 is the ...
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At the 2nd International LED professional Symposium+Expo(LpS 2012),25-27 September,2012,in Bregenz,Austria,Fairchild Semiconductor,(NYSE:FCS)a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile products,will demonstrate ...
Tags: LED, LpS 2012, driver applications