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 With Steady Progress, Fusion Tech Inches Closer to Feasibility

With Steady Progress, Fusion Tech Inches Closer to Feasibility

In 2025, nuclear fusion technology scaled up, improved efficiency, and attracted billions of dollars in funding. But is it enough to move from lab…


TL431: The Precision Shunt Regulator That Quietly Took Over Power Supplies

TL431: The Precision Shunt Regulator That Quietly Took Over Power Supplies

A bandgap reference, an error amplifier, and an output transistor in one three-pin device. It's still a staple after nearly five decades.


tech insights Dec 10, 2025 by Luke James
Triple-Junction Perovskite Solar Cell Breaks Efficiency Record

Triple-Junction Perovskite Solar Cell Breaks Efficiency Record

A University of Sydney team has created a 23.3%-efficient, 16 cm2 tandem solar cell with world-first stability metrics.


tech insights Oct 20, 2025 by Luke James
Full Potential: Is 2025 the Year for GaN?

Full Potential: Is 2025 the Year for GaN?

Tech giants like Intel and Infineon unveiled significant developments in gallium nitride technology in 2024.


tech insights Jan 22, 2025 by Jake Hertz
SiC Success: How Will It Advance in 2025?

SiC Success: How Will It Advance in 2025?

SiC substrates and products showed tremendous performance in 2024. Will the trend continue in 2025?


tech insights Jan 14, 2025 by Jake Hertz
Efficient and Dense: 2024 Power Supplies

Efficient and Dense: 2024 Power Supplies

What are this year’s major innovations in power supply technology?


tech insights Dec 16, 2024 by Jake Hertz
GaN Devices Hot Enough for Venus

GaN Devices Hot Enough for Venus

Gallium nitride will be a key enabler for high-temperature electronics, including possible missions to Venus.


Renewable Energy Innovation: What to Expect in 2024

Renewable Energy Innovation: What to Expect in 2024

A look forward to some of the power products, innovations, and technologies that will impact renewable energy generation, distribution, and storage…


Renewable Energy Innovations Define 2023

Renewable Energy Innovations Define 2023

A look back at the power products, innovations, and technologies impacting renewable energy generation, distribution, and storage.


Can Diamond Diodes Power High-Voltage Devices?

Can Diamond Diodes Power High-Voltage Devices?

An Illinois research team claims it has developed a diamond-based electronic device well-suited for high-power electronics.


tech insights Dec 10, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Tandem Solar Cells Are Breaking Records

Tandem Solar Cells Are Breaking Records

Breakthroughs in tandem solar cell technology are making solar generation more efficient and adaptable for multiple uses


Powering a Green Future: Insights from Infineon’s Peter Wawer

Powering a Green Future: Insights from Infineon’s Peter Wawer

Dr. Peter Wawer brings insights from a distinguished career that has touched three unique major semiconductor technologies: silicon photovoltaics,…


Wolfspeed Expands SiC Wafer Supply Agreement With Leading Power Semiconductor Company

Wolfspeed Expands SiC Wafer Supply Agreement With Leading Power Semiconductor Company

Demand for SiC products remains strong across multiple industries as Wolfspeed aggressively expands SiC production to multiple facilities.


Photoelectrochemical Water-splitting to Yield Green Hydrogen Fuel

Photoelectrochemical Water-splitting to Yield Green Hydrogen Fuel

Researchers in Israel and the United States have focused on hydrogen solar fuel production to solve the problems associated with the conventional…


Gallium Nitride (GaN) Power ICs: Turning Academic Dreams into an Industry Reality

Gallium Nitride (GaN) Power ICs: Turning Academic Dreams into an Industry Reality

Gallium nitride (GaN) is the key enabler for high-frequency, and simultaneously high-efficiency topologies.


Partnering in SiC MOSFETS to Deliver Automotive and Industrial Solutions

Partnering in SiC MOSFETS to Deliver Automotive and Industrial Solutions

An interview with Dr. Rainer Käsmaier about SiC-based products in the rapidly growing power semiconductor market.


Innovative Power Capacitor Technologies Support SiC and GaN in DC Link

Innovative Power Capacitor Technologies Support SiC and GaN in DC Link

At its annual Technologies & Products Press Conference 2019 in Munich, TDK managers Dr. Lucia Cabo and Fernando Rodríguez presented film…


The Future of GaN: An Interview with Alex Lidow of EPC

The Future of GaN: An Interview with Alex Lidow of EPC

Ahead of December’s Power Conference in Munich, Bodo Arlt took the opportunity to get an insight into Dr. Alex Lidow’s thoughts on where the…


tech insights Nov 11, 2019 by Bodo Arlt
Have GaN Transistors Become as Easy to Use as MOSFETs

Have GaN Transistors Become as Easy to Use as MOSFETs

I began writing this article with the expectation that the answer to whether GaN transistors have become as easy to use as MOSFET would be…


tech insights Oct 31, 2019 by Scott Wolf
Competing Integrated GaN and NonGaN Technologies in USB Wall Chargers

Competing Integrated GaN and NonGaN Technologies in USB Wall Chargers

GaN brings compelling advantages in terms of efficiency for wall chargers and other power supply products, but achieving these in a cost-effective…