Infineon's CoolSiC™ XHP™ 2 high-power module To meet global climate targets, transportation must shift to more environmentally friendly vehicles such as energy-efficient electrified trains. Trains, however, have demanding operating profiles with frequent acceleration and braking, while being expected to operate reliably over a
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Wolfspeed expands and extends silicon carbide wafer supply agreement with global semiconductor company
Wolfspeed, a speciailist in Silicon Carbide technology, announced the expansion of an existing multi-year, long-term Silicon Carbide wafer supply agreement, now worth approximately $225 million, with a leading power device company. The expanded agreement calls for Wolfspeed to supply the company with 150
Coherent partners with ETRI and KAIST to focus on advanced semiconductor devices for Korean market
Ideal Power releases whitepaper on B-TRAN enabled solid-state circuit breakers
Ideal Power,a pioneer of the development and commercialization of highly efficient and broadly patented B-TRAN™ bidirectional power switches, has released a whitepaper, “B-TRAN™ Devices in Solid-State Circuit Breaker Applications”. The whitepaper describes how Ideal Power’s patented, proprietary, semiconductor power switch architecture, the
Cree | Wolfspeed continues to supply 150mm silicon carbide wafers to ST
Cree, a specialist in silicon carbide technology through its Wolfspeed® business, and STMicroelectronics expanded an existing multi-year, long-term silicon carbide wafer supply agreement. The amended agreement, which calls for Cree to supply ST with 150mm silicon carbide bare and epitaxial wafers over
Microchip’s most rugged silicon carbide power solutions replace silicon IGBTs
Today’s energy-efficient electric charging systems powering commercial vehicle propulsion, as well as auxiliary power systems, solar inverters, solid-state transformers and other transportation and industrial applications all rely on high-voltage switching power devices. To meet these requirements, Microchip Technology expanded its silicon carbide
Avnet collaborates with Infineon to deliver cutting-edge silicon carbide technologies
Avnet is working closely with Infineon on the manufacturer’s leading-edge silicon carbide (SiC) based CoolSiC™ technology, which delivers key benefits for engineers designing advanced power systems across a wide selection of market sectors and applications. Infineon and Avnet will collaborate over the
II-VI expands silicon carbide manufacturing footprint for power electronics in electric vehicles and clean energy applications
II‐VI has expanded its silicon carbide (SiC) wafer finishing manufacturing footprint in China to serve the largest worldwide market for electric vehicles (EVs) and for clean energy applications. Spurred by increasing regulatory requirements for lower emissions of greenhouse gases and the decreasing cost
II-VI expands silicon carbide manufacturing footprint for power electronics in EV and clean energy applications
II‐VI, a specialist in wide-bandgap compound semiconductors, has expanded its silicon carbide (SiC) wafer finishing manufacturing footprint in China to serve the largest worldwide market for electric vehicles (EVs) and for clean energy applications. Spurred by increasing regulatory requirements for lower emissions of
Axcelis continues to ship Purion M SiC implanter to European power chip manufacturers
Axcelis Technologies announced multiple follow-on shipments of the company's Purion M™ SiC medium current implanter to several leading power device chip makers located in Europe. The Purion M features Axcelis' innovative solution for high temperature silicon carbide processing. The systems, which shipped