Wide-Bandgap Semis

    October 2021
    Don’t Stress with Nomophobia: Part 4 of 4

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    InnoSwitch3-PD

    If we didn’t know it before Covid-19, we do now: always being connected via your smart mobile device is essential. Track and Trace – scan the QR code, order online, pay without cash, watch an instructional video, send a selfie, use an app to summon a taxi, or count your steps as part of a fitness program. He
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    Date:
    10/25/2021
    Enhance AC Line Switching Efficiency and Reliability in HBA and Smart Home Applications by Using Lossless Zero-Cross Detection: Part 3 of 4

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    LinkSwitch-TNZ

    Optimizing the performance of devices that turn AC line power on and off is an important consideration in a growing variety of applications, including home/building automation (HBA), Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled appliances, smart switches and plugs, dimmers, and occupancy sensors, and especially in designs tha
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    Date:
    10/25/2021
    Illinois Tech Professor Joins National Program for STEM Faculty

    Georgia Papavasiliou, Professor of Biomedical Engineering in Armour College of Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech)

    Georgia Papavasiliou, Professor of Biomedical Engineering in Armour College of Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech), has been named a fellow in the third cohort of the IAspire Leadership Academy, a leadership program aimed at helping STEM faculty from underrepresented backgrounds ascend to
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    Date:
    10/06/2021
    Murata Announces Engineering Fund at Kennesaw State University

    Dean Ian Ferguson with Kennesaw State University

    Murata announced that it established the Futoshi “Fred” Chanoki Honorary Engineering Fund at Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (SPCEET) at Kennesaw State University (KSU). Named after Murata Electronics North America’s first president, the funding will support the needs of
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    Date:
    10/05/2021
    $18M Grant to Build National Semiconductor Fabrication Facility

    Professor Alan Mantooth from the University of Arkansas

    Engineering researchers led by Distinguished Professor Alan Mantooth have received $17.87 million from the National Science Foundation to build and operate a national silicon carbide research and fabrication facility at the University of Arkansas. “The national impact of having a fabrication facility such a
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    Date:
    10/04/2021
    Archive

    Transformer Design Comparisons for Mitigating EMI in Gate Driver Circuits

    Mar 29,2026
    Matthew Russell, Master’s student at University College Cork, and a student engineer at Bourns Electronics Ireland

    Wide Bandgap Devices Deliver on Their Promise

    Jan 26,2026
    Kevin Parmenter, Pins Out Engineering, for TSC America, Inc.

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