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STMicro And Sanken Electric’s Partnership Yields 650V and 1200V IPMs For High-Voltage Designs

STMicro And Sanken Electric’s Partnership Yields 650V and 1200V IPMs For High-Voltage Designs

Through the partnership between STMicroelectronics (ST) and Sanken Electric, a new family of intelligent power modules (IPMs) to simplify HVAC…


Micro-Sized Cooling Could Open the Door to Macro-Sized Impact

Micro-Sized Cooling Could Open the Door to Macro-Sized Impact

At the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), microfluidic based cooling of Integrated Circuits show an incredible upside to the future of…


News Nov 10, 2020 by Nicholas St. John
EPC Launches 170 V eGaN FET

EPC Launches 170 V eGaN FET

This article highlights EPC 170 V, 6.8 milliohm EPC2059 eGaN® FET, offering designers a device that is smaller, more efficient, more reliable,…


Texas Instruments Introduces GaN FET Drivers for Automotive Applications

Texas Instruments Introduces GaN FET Drivers for Automotive Applications

Texas Instruments expands high-voltage power management portfolio of units complete with internal protections, active power management, and…


Power Integrations’ New IC Allows for Smaller Sized AC-DC Converter Capacitors

Power Integrations’ New IC Allows for Smaller Sized AC-DC Converter Capacitors

The new MinE-Cap IC enables engineers to employ physically smaller filter capacitors without increasing output ripple or decreasing operating…


Infineon, Texas Instruments, and PREMO Set to Showcase New Technology at Electronica

Infineon, Texas Instruments, and PREMO Set to Showcase New Technology at Electronica

The biennial electronica conference is returning this year for an all-digital event held Nov. 9 through Nov. 12.


News Nov 08, 2020 by Shannon Cuthrell
UnitedSiC Unveils Four JBS Diodes, Augmenting its Schottky Diode Portfolio

UnitedSiC Unveils Four JBS Diodes, Augmenting its Schottky Diode Portfolio

The new 1200 and 1700 volt Junction Barrier Schottky (JBS) diodes join the company’s 3rd generation of silicon carbide MPS diodes.


Could GAAFETs Replace FinFETs?

Could GAAFETs Replace FinFETs?

A look at how GAAFETs could replace FinFETs as the technology of choice to keep down size and provide extremely high density for power devices.


How to Increase Efficiency and Mitigate Power Loss in Buck Converters

How to Increase Efficiency and Mitigate Power Loss in Buck Converters

Determining the best match between an inductor and an IC is paramount to achieving the best performance in terms of PCB space, as well as thermal…


Synopsys Releases Virtual Prototyping Solution for Power Electronics

Synopsys Releases Virtual Prototyping Solution for Power Electronics

Silicon to Software company Synopsys has released a new virtual prototyping solution designed to accelerate the development of power electronics…


Infineon Adds 40V Device in PQFN to its OptiMOS Source-Down Power MOSFET Family

Infineon Adds 40V Device in PQFN to its OptiMOS Source-Down Power MOSFET Family

This article highlights Infineon Technology OptiMOS™ 40 V low-voltage power MOSFET to the market.


Dynamic Characterization of GaN Power Semiconductor Devices

Dynamic Characterization of GaN Power Semiconductor Devices

This article highlights Keysight Technologies that overcome the challenges associated with GaN FET dynamic characterization.


RECOM Power Modules Feature High Levels of Integration

RECOM Power Modules Feature High Levels of Integration

The modules are fully protected against short-circuit, over-current, over-temperature and input under-voltage and are equipped with enable, power…


A Comparison of FinFET Configurations

A Comparison of FinFET Configurations

This article looks at different device configurations of MOSFETs and FinFETs and their evolution. It also discusses how 3D configuration allows for…


Earth Leakage Current in a Bi-Directional Totem Pole Converter Using Wide Band Gap Devices

Earth Leakage Current in a Bi-Directional Totem Pole Converter Using Wide Band Gap Devices

This article explains the generation mechanism of this leakage current along with its path through appropriate circuit diagrams.


Microchip Releases Newest Generation of AEC-Q101 Qualified 700 and 1200V Silicon Carbide (SiC) Schottky Barrier Diode

Microchip Releases Newest Generation of AEC-Q101 Qualified 700 and 1200V Silicon Carbide (SiC) Schottky Barrier Diode

Microchip releases new generation of Silicon Carbide Schottky Barrier Diode for Automotive Applications.


GaN Systems Details the Reliability of Gallium Nitride Transistors

GaN Systems Details the Reliability of Gallium Nitride Transistors

GaN Systems’ New study illustrates how Gallium Nitride (GaN) stacks up against classical MOSFETs in real-world situations.


News Oct 28, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Tektronix Launches 1100V Parametric Testing System For Wide Bandgap Technologies in Automotive Applications

Tektronix Launches 1100V Parametric Testing System For Wide Bandgap Technologies in Automotive Applications

Tektronix’s new testing platform targets gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC) based devices to design for fast switching, wide…


STMicroelectronics Acquires French Fabless Semiconductor Company SOMOS

STMicroelectronics Acquires French Fabless Semiconductor Company SOMOS

Power electronics company STMicroelectronics is acquiring France-based SOMOS Semiconductor, a power amplifier and RF specialist.


News Oct 27, 2020 by Shannon Cuthrell
GaN Systems Introduces Next-Gen Automotive-Qualified Transistors

GaN Systems Introduces Next-Gen Automotive-Qualified Transistors

GaN Systems' GS-065-060-5-T-A is designed to meet automotive reliability standards including AEC-Q101 qualifications.