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Nexperia releases 120V/4A half-bridge gate drivers - News
1 day ago · Nexperia has introduced a new series of high-performance gate driver ICs designed for driving both high-side and low-side N-channel MOSFETs in a synchronous buck or half-bridge configuration. The automotive-qualified NGD4300-Q100 is suitable for electronic power steering and power converters, while the NGD4300 has been designed for use with DC ...
Power electronics: facing rapid capacity expansion - News
Sep 12, 2024 · The power electronics supply chain has recently rapidly expanded its manufacturing capacity, particularly for SiC and silicon devices, as well as SiC wafers. However, this will consolidate, driving technology innovations, price reductions, and new strategies, says Yole. The discrete market, valued at $15.5 billion in 2023, is projected to grow ...
Power GaN: The 300 mm milestone - News
Claiming significant success on this front is the well-known European producer of power electronics, Infineon. It grabbed the headlines this autumn, when announcing the fabrication of the first GaN power devices on 300 mm wafers. With manufacturers of GaN-on-silicon HEMTs currently carrying out production on substrates with a diameter of 200 mm ...
Toshiba samples latest 1200V SiC MOSFETs - News
1 day ago · Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced early test samples in bare die format of new 1200V SiC MOSFETs with low on-resistance (RDS (ON)) and high levels of reliability. The devices are suited to applications within automotive traction inverters. The new X5M007E120 uses a manufacturing process that reduces on-resistance per unit area by up to ...
Next-gen power modules IP report - News - Power Electronics World
Jan 28, 2021 · In this context, Knowmade is releasing a new Next-Generation Power Modules patent landscape report on January 28, 2021, covering the wide-bandgap (WBG) power modules and generic/IGBT power modules addressing critical challenges for the next generation of power modules (heat dissipation, thermomechanical issues, management of parasitic signals ...
Wolfspeed continues to streamline after poor Q1 - News
1 day ago · Wolfspeed continues to streamline after poor Q1 - News. As it becomes the first SiC company to transition to pure-play 200-mm, company announces cost cutting measures to yield approximately $200 million in annual cash savings. Wide-bandgap semiconductor firm Wolfspeed has announced its results for the first quarter of fiscal 2025, with a ...
Tiny power converters run on vibrational energy - News
Feb 21, 2024 · Tiny power converters run on vibrational energy - News. ISSCC 2024 paper says ‘ground-breaking’ DC-DC converter unifies power switches on a single chip. University of California San Diego and CEA-Leti scientists have developed a piezoelectric-based DC-DC converter that unifies all power switches onto a single chip to increase power density.
Mitsubishi 12-inch wafers target power modules - News
Sep 30, 2024 · Mitsubishi Electric has announced that its Power Device Works' Fukuyama Factory has begun large-scale supply of power semiconductor chips made from 12-inch silicon wafers for the assembly of semiconductor modules, effective immediately. The silicon power-semiconductor modules will initially be used in consumer products.