Interview: Navitas on Design Simplicity - GaN Power ICs with iDrive

Navitas Semiconductor was formed in 2013 to enable a high-speed revolution in power electronics with the invention of the industry’s first GaN power ICs which deliver up to a 100x increase in switching speeds while increasing energy savings by 40% or more.  Mr. Sheridan, Navitas Semiconductor was founded in 2013. What were the most important facts for the founders to go ahead?

Gene Sheridan

Interview: Danfoss Silicon Power Establishes Manufacturing in Utica, New York

In March 2017 Danfoss Silicon Power announced that the company is establishing a second production site in Utica, New York State in the USA. We have asked Claus A. Petersen, General Manager and VP of Danfoss Silicon Power a few questions about the new set up.

Claus A. Petersen

SiC - the High Performance Power Semiconductor

USCi (United Silicon Carbide, Inc.) is a major player in power electronics, specializing in the development of high-efficiency silicon carbide (SiC) devices with expertise in Schottky barrier diodes, JFETs, MOSFETs, and solid state circuit breakers. VIP interview with USCi-CEO and President Dr. J. Christopher Dries about his company and its positioning in the power electronics market. Henning Wriedt: USCi was founded in 1998. What were the company charter and the founder's expertise at that time?

Henning Wriedt

7th ECPE SiC & GaN User Forum: Potential of Wide Bandgap Semiconductors in Power Electronic Applications

The wide bandgap user forum has established a valuable platform to exchange experience and ideas, to show best practice of power electronic systems with SiC or GaN, to discuss and find out how to appropriately design-in those almost ideal but also challenging components, and which open issues need to be addressed.

Andreas Lindemann

Tipping Point for Wide Band Gap Technology Signals Start of Mainstream SiC Adoption

Further improvements in SiC transistor manufacturing costs in recent times signaled a watershed moment – the turning point for SiC power semiconductors to be successfully mass-produced and implemented in electronic designs for a wide range of applications.

Dr. Peter Wawer