Technical Features

August 2019

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Figure 1: The connected nature of today’s vehicles requires efficient power chips to manage their many intelligent devices and connections

Why Automotive Qualification Still Matters in the Age of Software-Defined Vehicles

Craig Callahan (VP Quality), Wade Cole (Sr. Director HPA & CSG Quality) and David Schnaufer (Corporate, Technical Marketing Manager) at Qorvo

Today’s vehicles can include more than 100 electronic control units and millions of lines of code, supporting a range of functions, including infotainment, navigation, driver assistance, and powertrain control. As the shift to software-defined vehicles (SDV) accelerates, electronic components face heightened expectation

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Date:

12/03/2025

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Figure 1: Comparison of Superjunction transistor, SiC MOSFET, and GaN HEMT

The Road to Success for Power Semiconductors

By Dr. Gerald Deboy, Senior Principal Power Semiconductors and System Engineering and René Mente, MSc, Staff Application Engineer, Infineon Technologies

The commercial availability of Superjunction transistors 20 years ago, challenged and finally proved wrong the limitations of conventional silicon-based transistors with respect to on-state resistance. What was regarded as revolutionary at that time is standard today. Today there is not a single transistor from 25

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Date:

08/31/2019

Anup Bhalla, Vice President Engineering, UnitedSiC

Are you SiC of Silicon? – Part 5

By: Anup Bhalla, Vice President Engineering, UnitedSiC

Ultra-High Voltage SiC and Supercascodes New applications are emerging that require high voltage switch technology which is significantly lower in balance-of-system costs and operating losses than silicon IGBT and IGCT technology. This spans a wide range from solid state transformers, MW motor drives, to smart

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Date:

08/20/2019

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Figure 1: EV Charging Station

A Charging Infrastructure for Wide-Scale EV Adoption

Alessandro Mastellari, Technical Specialist, Avnet Abacus

A Charging Infrastructure for Wide-Scale EV Adoption To ensure that electric vehicles (EVs) have the same freedom to roam as today’s fossil-fuel cars, infrastructure challenges need to be addressed By: Alessandro Mastellari, Technical Specialist, Avnet Abacus Concerns abo

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Date:

08/10/2019

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Microchip CSA 100 MEMs oscillator

Timing is Everything

By: Microchip Technologies

Timing is Everything MEMS technology is well-suited to meet the demands of these emerging automotive applications By: Microchip Technologies Automotive-grade MEMS oscillators meet complex demands of emerging automotive applications by offering robust performance and tolerance to harsh environments.

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Date:

08/10/2019