Nexperia has announced the release of its first 80 V and 100 V application-specific MOSFETs (ASFETs) for hotswap with enhanced safe operating area (SOA) in a compact 8x8 mm LFPAK88 package. These new ASFETs are fully optimized for demanding hotswap and soft-start applications and are qualified to 175 °C for use in advanced telecom and computing equipment.

As integrated circuits (ICs) become more dense and complex, particularly in the power device sector, new approaches to die thermal control and electrical performance are required. Henkel today announced the availability of a die attach adhesive that provides high thermal capability to enable superior operation of power semiconductor packages.

Diodes Incorporated has introduced two new synchronous buck converters. Targeted at automotive point-of-load (PoL) applications, the DIODES AP66200Q and DIODES AP66300Q cover a wide input voltage range – from 3.8V to 60V. This allows 12V-, 24V-, and 48V-based automotive systems to all be addressed.

Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation has announced that the company has released two seventh-generation MXT Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors (MOSFETs)1), built on its Super-Short Channel technology, for the battery protection circuit modules in smartphones.

How are companies responding to the chip shortage and what are policymakers commenting? Here we sum up the most important events related to the global shortage of microchips

Did you know that the world's very first power electronics devices were made from mercury - an excellent conductor of electricity? Conductive materials have high conductivity which allows them to serve a variety of household and industrial applications in power electronics.

Semiconductors are crucial to the technology that powers the modern world. For decades, Taiwan has stood as the world’s leading manufacturer of semiconductor chips. We take a closer look at the Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturing industry and examine just how and why Taiwan became such as powerhouse.

The largest hybrid farm in Central and Eastern Europe will be built in Poland, combining a photovoltaic and a wind power plants with a total capacity of 205 MW. The annual production will supply electricity to more than 100,000 households and reduce CO2 emissions by nearly 160 tons. To develop the plant's technological infrastructure, Huawei will supply 710 string inverters and 23 smart transformer stations. The hybrid farm is being built on post-mining land in Kleczew, Wielkopolska Voivodeship.

This paper looks at the benefits of tandem diodes in sixpack and PIM topologies. The smart pairing of diodes with lower dynamic loss coefficients provides a cost effective alternative to WBG devices.

Heavy-duty vehicles contribute about 25% of traffic emissions. To electrify them, batteries of e.g., urban buses need to be loaded fast without interrupting the operation – demanding highly efficient, reliable electric subsystems.

MVDC grids are increasingly present in the existing AC systems regarding integration of renewable energy resources. This creates the need to master the design of medium-frequency transformers, one of the key components of modern DC transformers.

Ceramic substrate materials and adapted thick-film pastes and inks can make a significant contribution to realizing future 6G and millimeter wave radar applications. Read our latest white paper for more information.

In January 2023, Resonac Corporation has launched a project to develop new semiconductor materials for 6G, the next-generation telecommunication system standard following 5G. Resonac will implement this development project, which starts with the molecular design stage, in cooperation with ventures and universities at its "Stage for Co-creation" R&D center newly opened in Yokohama City.

Loop Energy has completed third-party validation of the use of its patented eFlow technology in PEM electrolyzers. Testing was conducted by the German Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, and has demonstrated a fuel cell architecture with trapezoid flow field design can enhance temperature uniformity. When incorporated into conventional PEM electrolysis cells, this bipolar plate architecture demonstrates it can increase hydrogen production.

Since launching in September 2022, UK based Pulsiv Limited has gained widespread attention with its unique technology for designing more energy efficient power supplies and battery chargers. Pulsiv OSMIUM microcontrollers and AC to DC front-end circuit configurations are already available and now to accelerate R&D, the first in a series of reference designs has been officially launched to the market.

Digitalization, automation and efficiency are the buzzwords of the industry of the future. To this end, the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS develops customer-specific sensors, actuators and optical components. These represent the key technologies for IoT and numerous future applications with artificial intelligence.

Cyber attacks on the energy industry have been rapidly rising since 2017, and 2022 set an all-time high for the number of attacks that took place in a single year. Facing this growing threat, energy industry leaders must take positive action to safeguard against the evolving attack landscape.

As Toyota Motor Corporation continues to move forward with its electrification strategy, it is also actively developing new technologies and methodologies to ensure that the increasing amount of in-vehicle software development and validation is carried out in an efficient and reliable manner.

Siemens Digital Industries Software has announced that Chipletz, a fabless substrate startup, has selected Siemens as its strategic electronic design automation (EDA) provider for the development of its Smart Substrate products.

Nexperia, the essential semiconductor powerhouse, is now almost six years old. Since its inception revenue has doubled, to USD 2.1bn, enabling investments globally in capacity as well as R&D to develop new, unique products. Mark Roeloffzen, SVP and General Manager Bipolar Discretes, tells us how the company sees itself and the semiconductor market changing in the future.