Wolfspeed announced Toyota will deploy its automotive-grade SiC MOSFETs to power onboard charging across its BEV lineup. While SiC is already well known for enabling fast switching, high efficiency, ...

NTT, Inc. has demonstrated amplification of high-frequency wireless signals using aluminum nitride (AlN)–based transistors. NTT, Inc. has achieved a world first by demonstrating amplification of ...

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In order to cover all power industry segments, this article also relies on analysis of a study done by Dr. Ray Ridley of Ridley Engineering based on input from his LinkedIn “Power Supplies” group. The ...

CooliBlade’s patented NEOcore thermal management solution achieves up to 1,000 times higher thermal conductivity than aluminum. As modern power electronics become more compact and powerful, they face ...

One of the more spirited seminars at APEC, due to its topic of GaN versus SiC, was an insightful discussion with many compelling arguments. Wide-bandgap semiconductors—specifically gallium nitride and ...

With the increasing adoption of EVs and a growing focus on environmental sustainability, electric motors are expected to be used more extensively. Electric motors are the beating heart of sustainable ...

In an interview with Power Electronics News, Shyh-Chiang Shen, Director of GaN Program Development Division at VIS, discussed the techniques and innovations VIS used to overcome obstacles, emphasizing ...

Power electronics plays a role in optimizing efficiency and power density. A powertrain is a system of components in a vehicle that converts the chemical energy of the fuel into mechanical energy that ...

While the failure mechanisms in gallium nitride (GaN) high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) have been widely studied and significant improvements made in their reliability, this field is still ...

Wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors, such as SiC and GaN, offer important advantages in terms of reliability, energy efficiency, power density, and cost reduction. Power electronics is evolving day by ...

The heart of EVs is an electric motor that supplies mechanical power and torque to the wheels. The heart of electric vehicles is an electric motor that supplies mechanical power and torque to the ...