SemiQ Inc. has released its QSiC 1,200-V third-generation silicon-carbide (SiC) MOSFET that shrinks the die size while improving switching speeds and efficiency. The device is 20% smaller compared to ...

A power device could change how high voltage systems are designed by simplifying architectures, reducing cost and replacing existing approaches.

In power electronics applications, the compound semiconductor silicon carbide (SiC) has been demonstrated in published literature to be a superior material to silicon (Si) in many properties for the ...

Apex Microtechnology has announced the release of the MSA303, the latest member to its family of integrated power modules. The module utilizes silicon carbide MOSFET technology to improve efficiency ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) has launched “TPD7107F,” a gate driver switch IPD [1] that controls the conduction and shut-off of current supplied ...

Power MOSFETs (Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors) are three-terminal silicon devices that function by applying a signal to the gate that controls current conduction between source and ...

When it comes to selecting a high-power switching device for power-conversion applications, your two main choices were the silicon MOSFET or the IGBT. The latest power-circuit designs such as AC-DC ...

Wolfspeed’s third-generation planar silicon carbide mosfets have been designed with an increased Cgs/Cgd ratio for better hard-switching performance and more linear Coss behaviour for soft-switching ...

Japanese start-up Power Diamond Systems has advanced its proprietary diamond MOSFET technology and, for the first time in the world for a diamond-based device, achieved a breakdown voltage of 550 V ...

The Forward and Flyback converters are two popular topologies widely used in isolated DC-DC power converters. These topologies are favored by designers for their simplicity, ability to handle multiple ...

Analogue Devices has combined switched capacitor and inductive buck conversion in the same topology to reduce the size of step-down dc-dc converters. Called LTC7821, this is “industry first hybrid ...