Researchers in Germany have developed gallium nitride (GaN) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) on silicon carbide (SiC) layers on silicon wafers [Wael Jatal et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, published online 11 December 2014]. ...
Tags: Cubic Silicon Carbide, Electrical
China's economy is likely to expand at a slower pace of 7 percent in 2015 and 7.3 percent this year, a government think tank said in a report on Monday. Due to factors such as overcapacity in some manufacturing industries, the country's GDP ...
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Anvil Semiconductors Ltd of Coventry, UK and the Cambridge Centre for GaN (part of University of Cambridge’s Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy) have grown cubic GaN on 3C-SiC on silicon wafers by metal-organic chemical ...
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Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which manufactures silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) wafers and devices, says that EDN (Electronic Design News) has named its C2M0025120D 1200V, 25mΩ SiC MOSFET as one of the ‘Hot 100 ...
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RF power transistors supplier Freescale Semiconductor of Austin, TX, USA has introduced what are claimed to be the industry’s highest thermal and wideband performance GaN device with a 125W continuous wave (CW) gallium nitride on ...
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Raytheon UK’s semiconductor business unit in Glenrothes, Scotland, UK has been selected by a “leading automotive manufacturer” to develop a silicon carbide (SiC)-based metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor ...
STMicroelectronics of Geneva, Switzerland has unveiled new automotive-qualified silicon carbide (SiC) diodes for on-board battery chargers (OBCs) in electric vehicles such as plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) that demand high power-handing capability ...
Tags: on-Board Battery Chargers, 650V SiC Diodes, Electrical
Silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductor supplier GeneSiC Semiconductor Inc of Dulles, VA, USA has announced availability of a gate driver evaluation board and has expanded its design support for its SiC junction transistor (SJT, claimed ...
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Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp has launched its large hybrid silicon carbide (SiC) transfer-mold dual in-line package intelligent power module (DIPIPM), which incorporates a SiC Schottky barrier diode (SBD) and seventh-generation IGBT ...
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The market for discrete power electronics components – used to convert and manage electricity in devices ranging from mobile phones to pumps and motors – will grow by 77% from $13bn today to $23bn in 2024, according to the ...
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany says that Japanese manufacturer Showa Denko has qualified its most recent system for manufacturing silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial wafers. The new AIX G5 WW (Warm-Wall) chemical vapor ...
Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has introduced its SC5 Technology Platform, targeted at powering the next generation of lighting with the introduction of the firm’s new Extreme High Power (XHP) LEDs. The new class of LEDs can reduce ...
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The US Patent Office has issued US Patent No. 8,859,310 to Versatilis LLC of Winooski, VT, USA (a technology and business development firm that focuses on novel materials and processes for electro-optical devices, as well as extending its ...
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The next-generation power semiconductor market will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 63% between 2011 and 2017 to more than $500m, forecasts market research firm The Information Network in its report 'Next-Generation ...
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Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has expanded its silicon carbide (SiC) 1.2 kV six-pack power module family with a new 20A all-SiC module suited for 5-15 kW three-phase applications. Based on Cree’s C2M SiC MOSFET and Z-Rec SiC Schottky ...
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