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Beryllium Doping of Gallium Nitride Shown to Offer Promise for Higher Efficiency in Power Electronics

Nov 15, 2017

Working with scientists in Texas and Warsaw, researchers at Finland’s Aalto University have made a breakthrough in revising methods largely discarded 15 years ago (‘Amphoteric Be in GaN: Experimental Evidence for Switching ...

Tags: GaN Power electronics

PEIC Panelists to Address Perspectives on Workforce Challenges & Opportunities Facing Power Electronics Industry

Sep 11, 2017

As part of the Special Session program at the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Expo (ECCE 2017) in Cincinnati, OH (1–5 October), the Power Electronics Industry Collaborative (PEIC) – a national, industry-focused member-based ...

Tags: semiconductor, supply chain

Microsemi Awarded Contract to Speed Adoption of SiC Technology as New Member of PowerAmerica

Aug 23, 2017

Microsemi Corp of Aliso Viejo, CA, USA (which makes chips for aerospace & defense, communications, data-center and industrial markets) has become a member of PowerAmerica — a manufacturing institute consisting of public and private ...

Tags: Microsemi, chips

Power Electronics Industry Collaborative Adds New Executive Board Member

Aug 14, 2017

The Power Electronics Industry Collaborative (PEIC) – a national, industry-focused member-based consortium consisting of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), material suppliers, researchers and government stakeholders in the US ...

Tags: Power electronics, GaN, SiC

Exagan Raised €5.7m to Produce High-Speed Power Switching Devices on 200mm Wafers

Jun 25, 2015

Exagan of Grenoble, France, a gallium nitride (GaN) technology start-up that enables smaller and more efficient electrical converters, has raised €5.7m in first-round financing that will be used to produce high-speed power switching ...

Tags: GaN-on-Si, GaN switching device

X-FAB and Exagan Have Entered Into a Joint Development Agreement

May 21, 2015

X-FAB Silicon Foundries AG of Erfurt, Germany and Exagan of Grenoble and Toulouse, France have entered into a joint development agreement to industrialize Exagan's GaN-on-silicon technology, begin producing high-speed power switching ...

Tags: Power Switching Devices, GaN-on-silicon technology

Cambridge University Chooses Veeco's Propel MOCVD System

Apr 21, 2015

Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA says that the UK's University of Cambridge has ordered its Propel Power gallium nitride (GaN) metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) ...

Tags: GaN-on-Si, Power Electronics, LEDs

Power Semiconductor Device Market Rose by 8.4% to $11.5bn in 2014

Mar 5, 2015

After two tough years of stagnation, in 2014 the power semiconductor device market returned to growth, rising by 8.4% to $11.5bn, according to the report 'Status of the Power Electronics Industry (February 2015 edition)' from Yole ...

Tags: Power Semiconductor, Power Electronics

Epitaxial Deposition and Process Equipment Maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview

Nov 21, 2014

Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has introduced the Propel Power gallium nitride (GaN) metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system, which incorporates single-wafer ...

Tags: metal-organic chemical vapor deposition system

Dow Corning Corp Introduced a Product Grading Structure for SiC Crystal Quality

May 13, 2014

Dow Corning Corp of Midland, MI, USA, which provides silicon and wide-bandgap semiconductor technology, has introduced a product grading structure for silicon carbide (SiC) crystal quality that specifies new tolerances on killer device ...

Tags: Dow Corning SiC substrates, Electrical, Electronics

GaN Systems Has Been Elected to The Board of PEIC

Apr 24, 2014

GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a fabless developer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control applications, says that Julian Styles, its director of business development USA, ...

Tags: GaN Systems Power electronics, Electrical, Electronics

GaN-on-Sapphire Is The Existing Mainstream Technology for LED Manufacturing

Mar 24, 2014

Gallium nitride (GaN)-on-sapphire is the existing mainstream technology for LED manufacturing, but GaN-on-silicon technology has naturally appeared as an alternative to sapphire in order to reduce cost. However, a cost simulation by market ...

Tags: GaN-on-Si, GaN power electronics, LED

Transphorm Will Give Two Presentations on 20 March

Mar 5, 2014

At last year’s IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference & Exposition (APEC), Transphorm Inc of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA (which designs and delivers power conversion devices and modules) introduced the first - and only - ...

Tags: Transphorm GaN-on-Si, Electrical

The UK's Capacity in Power Electronics Has Received an £18m Boost

Jul 8, 2013

The UK's capacity in power electronics has received an £18m boost from the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) with the opening of the first EPSRC National Centre of Excellence for Power Electronics. As ...

Tags: Power electronics, Electrical, Electronics

GT Has Introduced a Silicon Carbide (SiC) Production Furnace

Jul 3, 2013

GT Advanced Technologies Inc of Nashua, NH, USA (a provider of polysilicon production technology as well as sapphire and silicon crystal growth systems and materials for the solar, LED and electronics markets) has introduced a silicon ...

Tags: Silicon, Electrical, LED, solar, electronics

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