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Cree Prices Offering of $500m Convertible Senior Notes
Aug 23, 2018Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA (which makes lighting-class LEDs, LED lighting and power semiconductors) has announced the pricing of $500m of its 0.875% convertible senior notes due 2023 in a private offering to qualified institutional buyers. ...
Tags: LED lighting, LEDs
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RF Power Semiconductor Device Market Growing at CAGR of Nearly 12% to 2021
Jan 15, 2018The global market for radio-frequency (RF) power semiconductor devices – spanning silicon (LDMOS), gallium arsenide (GaAs) and gallium nitride (GaN) – will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 12% during ...
Tags: Semiconductor
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SiC Power Device Market to Grow at 40% CAGR From 2020 to More Than $1bn in 2022, After Tipping Point in 2019
Sep 27, 2017“The SiC power business is concrete and real, with a promising outlook,” said Yole Développement in 2016. The trend has not changed in 2017, and the SiC industry is going even further as industrial players have increasing ...
Tags: SiC power, SiC devices
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Wolfspeed Extends 50V GaN Hemt Family to High-Efficiency 3.0GHz 250W
Aug 28, 2017Wolfspeed of Raleigh, NC, USA — a Cree Company that makes silicon carbide (SiC) power products and GaN-on-SiC high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) and monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) — has extended its ...
Tags: Wolfspeed, silicon carbide
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Cree Shares Fall 7% After Reporting 3Q Loss
Apr 26, 2017Cree, Inc. on Tuesday reported financial results for its third quarter of fiscal 2017, ended March 26, 2017, which missed Wall Street expectations. Shares of Cree declined over 7% in after-hours trade. Revenue for the quarter was ...
Tags: Cree, LED Products
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AgileSwitch to Be Awarded Patent for Augmented Turn-off SiC Module Switching Technique
Oct 12, 2016AgileSwitch LLC of Philadelphia, PA, USA - which produces plug-and-play, programmable silicon IGBT and silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET gate drive assemblies to address demands for higher performance and functionality at higher voltages and ...
Tags: SiC MOSFET, AgileSwitch LLC
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Wolfspeed Launches First 1000V SiC MOSFET
Oct 12, 2016Wolfspeed of Research Triangle Park, NC, USA — a Cree Company that makes silicon carbide (SiC) power products including MOSFETs, Schottky diodes, and modules — has introduced what it claims is the first 1000V MOSFET, which ...
Tags: Wolfspeed, 1000V SiC MOSFET
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Wolfspeed Launches Highest-Power 50V L-Band Radar GaN HEMT
Sep 23, 2016In booth 156 at European Microwave Week (EuMW 2016) in London, UK (3–7 October), Wolfspeed of Research Triangle Park, NC, USA — a Cree Company that makes gallium nitride on silicon carbide (GaN-on-SiC) high-electron-mobility ...
Tags: Wolfspeed, GaN-on-SiC, HEMTs, EuMW 2016
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GaN Device Supply Chain Remains Robust Despite Consolidation
Aug 30, 2016Even with the well-publicized consolidation of RF Micro Devices and TriQuint Semiconductor, Infineon's acquisition of International Rectifier (IR) and most-recently Wolfspeed, and NXP Semiconductors' acquisition of Freescale Semiconductor, ...
Tags: GaN, Micro Devices, Semiconductor
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Cree's Double-Digit Growth in Commercial Lighting Offsets Slowdown in Consumer Lighting Prior to Launch of Next-Gen Bulb
Aug 23, 2016For full-year fiscal 2016 (ended 26 June), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $1.62bn, down slightly on $1.63bn for fiscal 2015, as growth in commercial lighting and stable LED revenue was offset by lower consumer lighting ...
Tags: Cree Inc, revenue report, LED products
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SiC Power Market Growing at CAGR of 19% to 2021 as It Spreads to More Applications
Jul 26, 2016When 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
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Infineon to Acquire Wolfspeed for $850m
Jul 16, 2016Infineon 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 ...
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Wolfspeed Launches All-SiC Half-Bridge Power Module & Gate Driver Combination
May 11, 2016In booth 9-242 at PCIM (Power Conversion Intelligent Motion) Europe 2016 in Nuremburg, Germany (10–12 May), Wolfspeed of Research Triangle Park, NC, USA — a Cree Company that makes silicon carbide (SiC) power products including ...
Tags: Power Module, Gate Driver
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Wolfspeed's GaN RF Devices Demonstrate Reliability for Harsh Space Environments
Apr 15, 2016Wolfspeed of Research Triangle Park, NC, USA – a Cree Company that makes silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) wide-bandgap semiconductor devices – says that its GaN-on-SiC RF power transistors have completed testing ...
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GaN RF Device Market to Grow at 14% CAGR, Rising by 2.5x by End-2022
Mar 30, 2016Led 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, ...
