In anticipation of growing demand for industrial and automotive applications, Japan’s Toshiba Corp has started volume production of silicon carbide (SiC) power devices at its Himeji Operations–Semiconductor plant in Hyogo ...
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UK-based etch and deposition system maker Oxford Instruments says it will be holding two additional one day Seminars in Asia focussing on Nanoscale Plasma Processing. These events are being held on 14 May 2013 (Beijing, China) and 16 May ...
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Toshiba has started volume production of silicon carbide (SiC) power devices at Himeji in the Hyogo Prefecture in anticipation of growing demand for industrial and automotive applications. Toshiba will manufacture Schottky Barrier Diodes ...
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Plessey Semiconductors has launched its first GaN-on-silicon LED product, made in its Plymouth fab. "We can offer samples of our entry-level product and we are already discussing orders," company chief operating officer Barry Dennington ...
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Plessey Semiconductors has launched its first GaN-on-silicon LED product, made in its Plymouth fab. "We can offer samples of our entry-level product and we are already discussing orders," company chief operating officer Barry Dennington ...
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Nitronex LLC of Durham, NC, USA, which designs and makes gallium nitride (GaN)-based RF power transistors for the defense, communications, broadband, and industrial & scientific markets, has named David W. Runton as its new VP of ...
The first millimeter-wave power demonstration of aluminium gallium nitride/gallium nitride (AlGaN/GaN) high-electron-mobility transistors (GaN) grown on a (110) silicon substrate has been claimed by a French team of researchers [A. Soltani ...
Arkansas Power Electronics International Inc (APEI) of Fayetteville, AR, USA, a developer of technology for power electronics systems, electronic motor drives and power electronics packaging, and GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, ...
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Renesas Electronics has appointed a new distributor in Russia. PT Electronics is based in St. Petersburg and has grown to become one of the top five electronic component distributors in the region since it was founded in 1992. Renesas ...
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Transphorm Inc of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA (which designs and delivers power conversion devices and modules) has launched the Total GaN family of gallium nitride on silicon transistors and diodes, establishing what is claimed to ...
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Global embedded processing solutions provider Freescale Semiconductor has shipped 175 million RF power transistors in plastic packages. According to the US-based company, over-molded plastic packaging can withstand the high heat levels ...
Alta Devices has disclosed that it has reached 30.8% solar cell efficiency. This new NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) verified record has resulted from the company's first implementation of a new generation "dual junction" solar ...
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Alta Devices of Sunnyvale, CA, USA says that the first implementation of its new-generation dual-junction solar cell technology (augmenting its single-junction technology) has set an energy conversion efficiency record of 30.8% for ...
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Renesas Electronics continues to feel the pressure from the market and is predicting a larger than expected loss for the year ending March 31, in a revised financial forecast. The Japanese chip maker now forecasts a full year loss of Yen ...
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Leviton today expanded its industry-leading USB Charger Receptacle offering with a new 20 Amp version. The latest USB charging device from Leviton offers the same ground-breaking 2.1A of charging power as its 15A counterpart, but now ...
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