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International Electron Devices Meeting – IEDM 2016

International Electron Devices Meeting – IEDM 2016

This article discusses the 62nd annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting that was held in San Francisco, California, USA.


tech insights Feb 04, 2017 by Gary Dolny
Knowles Capacitors Update

Knowles Capacitors Update

In 2014 Dielectric Laboratories (DLI), Novacap, Syfer Technology and Voltronics came together into a single organisation, Knowles Capacitors. With…


CEOs Discuss Security and Safety Issues at Electronica

CEOs Discuss Security and Safety Issues at Electronica

Security, safety and the protection of data and systems are gaining in importance. This is evident in many massive threats companies have to deal…


Looking Back and Forward on 10 Years with GaN Systems

Looking Back and Forward on 10 Years with GaN Systems

Back in the dark days after the internet bubble burst, Nortel had demised, and high tech in Canada’s Silicon Valley North was in the doldrums.…


Power Module with Exceptional Thermal and Efficiency Performance

Power Module with Exceptional Thermal and Efficiency Performance

Exar Corporation´s Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing, James Lougheed, recently in Munich presented the latest and positive business…


IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and ExpoECCE 2016

IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and ExpoECCE 2016

ECCE, the foremost IEEE conference in the field of electrical and electromechanical energy conversion provided an international audience the…


tech insights Dec 21, 2016 by Gary Dolny
Awards for Energy and Automotive Innovations Three Trade Fairs on Mobility to be Combined

Awards for Energy and Automotive Innovations Three Trade Fairs on Mobility to be Combined

Starting next year, these events will all be combined and covered by eMove 360° Europe 2017. MunichExpo, the organizer, will then present all sectors


Interview Electronics with Diamonds

Interview Electronics with Diamonds

Since quite some time, Silicon is still the workhorse of the electronics industry, but semiconductors with a broad bandgap (WBGS) are already…


The Rise of Global Chinese Power Supply Manufacturers

The Rise of Global Chinese Power Supply Manufacturers

Less than a decade after Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce invented the integrated circuit, American electronics companies began exporting manufacturing…


Keeping Technology Current in the Changing World of Power Electronics

Keeping Technology Current in the Changing World of Power Electronics

‘Why isn’t there a simple to use wide-band current probe for power electronics?’ was the question that two successful power electronics…


Wide Bandgap Now

Wide Bandgap Now

Five years ago, in this column, I wrote an editorial entitled, “When Wide Bandgap?”  In that piece, I predicted, “The key to success in silicon


tech insights Oct 03, 2016 by Dan Kinzer
VIP Interview with Steve Sanghi CEO Microchip

VIP Interview with Steve Sanghi CEO Microchip

Henning Wriedt: Mr. Sanghi, you are the CEO of Microchip Technology for 25 years - Congratulations! In a nutshell, what happened in the MCU market…


Intelligently Connecting Renewable Energies and Storage Systems

Intelligently Connecting Renewable Energies and Storage Systems

The Intersolar Europe exhibition and conference, celebrating its 25th anniversary, united the solar industry and its partners .


Collaborative Approach to Overhaul Motor Inverters

Collaborative Approach to Overhaul Motor Inverters

This article discusses approaches to overhaul motor inverters.


Podium Session at PCIM Europe Marks New Chapter in GaN Power Device Adoption

Podium Session at PCIM Europe Marks New Chapter in GaN Power Device Adoption

Over the years, GaN power has been sarcastically described as “the technology of the future…and always will be.”  While silicon carbide devices


tech insights Jun 06, 2016 by Greg Evans
Successful 10th Battery Experts Forum

Successful 10th Battery Experts Forum

An even more comprehensive program impressed the participants of the 10th Battery Experts Forum – formerly called "Development Forum…


Embedded World 2016 – Ever More Successful

Embedded World 2016 – Ever More Successful

This discusses the key events in Embedded World 2016 Exhibition & Conference in Nuremberg end February.


International Electron Devices  MeetingI – EDM 2015

International Electron Devices MeetingI – EDM 2015

The IEEE’s premier forum for the discussion of advances in micro/nano electronics featured a special focus on advanced wide bandgap materials for…


tech insights Feb 01, 2016 by Gary Dolny
Six for SiC – or is it too soon?

Six for SiC – or is it too soon?

This article discusses the best time to switch from 4 to 6-inch wafers for the fabrication of Silicon Carbide (SiC) power semiconductor devices.


Interview with John Palmour of Wolfspeed

Interview with John Palmour of Wolfspeed

At ECCE 2015 in Montreal, I had the opportunity to interview Dr. John Palmour, Chief Technology Officer of Wolfspeed, the newly named Power and RF…