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Polar Semi sale unlocks US chip cash
Polar Semi sale unlocks US chip cash
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The US Department of Commerce is providing $123m for Polar Semiconductor in the US to double its sovereign foundry capacity…
Immersive cooling modules boost AI optical connectors
Immersive cooling modules boost AI optical connectors
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Molex has developed the first plug-and-play optical feedthrough modules with two phase immersion cooling to tackle thermal management in AI…
16 channel power-management IC for STM32 AI processor
16 channel power-management IC for STM32 AI processor
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STMicroelectronics has developed a power management IC (PMIC) for its multicore 64bit STM32MP2 AI microprocessor. The STPMIC25 power-management IC supports…
Transformer drivers boost efficiency and performance
Transformer drivers boost efficiency and performance
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Nexperia has launched a family of push-pull drivers for 6 W of power delivery at up to 90% efficiency in…

PoDL daughter cards for SPE evaluation boards
PoDL daughter cards for SPE evaluation boards
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TDK has launched a series of 10BASE-T1L plug-and-play power boards for Analog Devices single pair Ethernet (SPE) power over data line (PoDL) applications. There are six PoDL power classes in…
Wolfspeed teams for 2300V SiC module
Wolfspeed teams for 2300V SiC module
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Wolfspeed has teamed up with EPC Power to use a 2300V silicon carbide (SiC) power module for large inverters The 2300V baseplate-less SiC module for 1500V DC Bus applications use…
Infineon shows its first 300m GaN wafer
Infineon shows its first 300m GaN wafer
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Infineon Technologies has developed devices on its first 300mm power gallium nitride (GaN) wafer. The 300mm GaN wafer was developed on an integrated pilot line in existing 300 mm silicon…
Siemens to buy US switchgear maker for grid modernisation
Siemens to buy US switchgear maker for grid modernisation
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Siemens is to acquire Trayer Engineering in the US to broaden its product portfolio for grid modernisation The deal with California-based Trayer adds padmount and submersible switchgear to the Siemens…
Three vie for 2024 German Future prize
Three vie for 2024 German Future prize
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Three teams of technologists from Infineon, ams Osram and LMU Munich are in the short list for the €250,000 German Future prize in 2024. The three nominees for the German…
Schneider Electric to invest £42m in UK plant
Schneider Electric to invest £42m in UK plant
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Schneider Electric is investing £42m in a manufacturing facility for electrical equipment in the UK The new plant in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, will create over 200 jobs o meet the…
HVAC drives Swiss move to distributed microgrids
HVAC drives Swiss move to distributed microgrids
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The increased demand for air conditioning is driving a fundamental change in the way power grids are architected in Switzerland. Cooling and ventilation (HVAC) systems now account for nearly 11%…
IGBT inventor wins $1m prize
IGBT inventor wins $1m prize
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The 2024 Millennium Technology Prize has been awarded to Professor Bantval Jayant Baliga of North Carolina State University for the invention of the Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IBGT). Since its…
NXP, VIS start VSMC joint venture fab
NXP, VIS start VSMC joint venture fab
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Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and NXP Semiconductors are starting on their VisionPower joint venture fab in Singapore. VIS and NCP have obtained all necessary approvals from relevant authorities and injected…
Navitas qualifies Fast SiC for automotive
Navitas qualifies Fast SiC for automotive
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Navitas Semiconductor has qualified its third-generation silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs in D2PAK-7L (TO-263-7) and TOLL (TO-Leadless) surface-mount (SMT) packages for automotive designs. The proprietary trench-assisted planar technology developed by…
First surface mount 240V, 1kA bidirectional TVS diode
First surface mount 240V, 1kA bidirectional TVS diode
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Bourns has developed the industry’s first 240 V/1 kA bidirectional power TVS (PTVS) diode in a surface mount package. The Bourns Model PTVS1-240C-M 240V bidirectional TVS diode has 1 kA surge…
Energous sees first FCC 2W wireless power certification
Energous sees first FCC 2W wireless power certification
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Energous has received full FCC certification for its 2W wireless power transmitter system, making it the industry’s first certified transmitter available at this power level. The design of the Energous…
Efficient to build ultra low power MRAM processor on GF 22FDX
Efficient to build ultra low power MRAM processor on GF 22FDX
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US processor designer Efficient has signed a strategic partnership with GlobalFoundries (GF) that will see its chip built on the 22FDX process. Efficient is already working with select customers for early access…
Rohm to accelerate 6th, 7th gen SiC devices
Rohm to accelerate 6th, 7th gen SiC devices
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Rohm is planning to launch its 5th generation SiC MOSFETs in 2025 and is accelerating market introduction of 6th and 7th generation devices for electric vehicle designs. This comes as SiC bare MOSFETs…
Lit Thinking taps Cornell for AlN pin diodes
Lit Thinking taps Cornell for AlN pin diodes
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Researchers at Cornell University and Florida-based technology company Lit Thinking are to use aluminium nitride as a transistor material for high power devices. A team of Cornell researchers from the…
Nexperia adds 20 power BJT devices in DFN2020D-3 packaging
Nexperia adds 20 power BJT devices in DFN2020D-3 packaging
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Nexperia has added 20 power bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) to its range with ten standard and ten automotive-qualified products in DFN2020D-3 packaging. The BJT devices are available in 50 V…
Intelligent power for BLDC motor drives
Intelligent power for BLDC motor drives
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Toshiba Electronics Europe has launched an intelligent power device (IPD) for space-constrained brushless DC (BLDC) motor drive applications such as air conditioners, air purifiers, and pumps. The Toshiba TPD4165K IPD…
Nvidia details GPU roadmap with Rubin HBM4 memory
Nvidia details GPU roadmap with Rubin HBM4 memory
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Nvidia has revealed a little more of its chip roadmap ahead of disclosing details of its Blackwell GPU architecture at the Hot Chips conference next week in the US.
Universal coolant distribution for Direct-to-Chip DTC liquid cooling
Universal coolant distribution for Direct-to-Chip DTC liquid cooling
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LiquidStack has launched the first in a series of universal coolant distribution units (CDU) for Direct-to-Chip DTC liquid cooling. The LiquidStack CDU-1MW is designed to be universally compatible with commercial…
Automating electricity grid management
Automating electricity grid management
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Siemens is to launch two Gridscale X software tools later this week for more autonomous grid management. Driven by a significant increase in electricity demand, as well as renewable and distributed…
Qi2 MPP-compliant in-cabin wireless charging
Qi2 MPP-compliant in-cabin wireless charging
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indie Semiconductor has launched a highly-integrated automotive 15W wireless charging system-on-chip (SoC) for in-cabin applications. The iND87204 wireless charging controller is fully compliant with the Wireless Power Consortium’s (WPC)…
Virtual power plant creates grid resilience through microgrids
Virtual power plant creates grid resilience through microgrids
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Torus in the US has launched a distributed energy management feature designed to significantly improve grid stability. The rollout of the Torus Community feature comes after more than a year…
High performance SemiQ 1200V SiC module adds S7 Package Option
High performance SemiQ 1200V SiC module adds S7 Package Option
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SemiQ in the US has added an S7 package to its QSiC family of 1200V, half-bridge MOSFET and Schottky diode SiC power modules. The SiC modules from SemiQ provide design…
4kW IGBT Intelligent Power Modules for industrial motor drives
4kW IGBT Intelligent Power Modules for industrial motor drives
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Infineon Technologies has launched an intelligent power module (IPM) series for industrial motor drives up to 4kW with its latest IGBT power devices. The Infineon CIPOS Maxi Intelligent Power Module…


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