Change never comes easy in the world of power electronics. To achieve higher power densities, the latest 3.3 kW switched-mode power supplies (SMPS) are adopting silicon-carbide (SiC) power MOSFETs in ...

NXP Semiconductors is supplying a family of isolated gate-driver ICs to control the silicon-carbide (SiC) power switches at the heart of ZF Friedrichshafen’s next-gen electric-vehicle (EV) traction ...

DOWSIL™ EG-4175 Silicone Gel is a protective solution, for next-generation insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) modules, that withstands temperatures up to 180°C. This innovative gel from Dow ...

Power electronics is a key enabling technology in essentially all electronic systems and is increasingly important in the grid interface of renewable energy sources and in efficient electrical loads.

Electric gate-controlled exchange-bias effect in van der Waals heterostructures has been has observed for the first time, according to RMIT University in Australia, which describes the effect as “a ...

Seoul, Korea, June 11, 2010 - Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd., a global leader in advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced that its foundry business, Samsung Foundry, has qualified 32nm ...

FLINT, Michigan-- Kettering University will soon offer students a new hybrid vehicle power electronics laboratory and hybrid vehicle courses. It's how the university will spend $500,000 of a $2.5 ...

Forward-looking: Semiconductors are essential for today's electronics, providing computational capabilities and the ability to control electric signals. They are also highly complex and costly, so ...