Wide-Bandgap Semis

    May 2022
    PSDcast – GaN System Powers the Samsung Galaxy S22+

    The CEO of GaN Systems, Jim Witham

    ­One of the leaders in gallium nitride power semiconductors just announced an exciting deal with consumer giant Samsung – the company in question, GaN Systems, will see its high-efficiency semiconductor products power the flagship Samsung Galaxy S22+ and Ultra smartphones. On the line, we’ve got one of ou
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    Date:
    05/24/2022
    Navitas GaN ICs Fast-Charge Lenovo's 2022 Legion Gen 7 Powerhouse Gaming Laptops
    Navitas Semiconductor officially announced that its next- generation GaNFast power ICs with GaNSense technology have been used in Lenovo's newly-released Legion C135 GaN charger, and featured on the Nasdaq Tower in Times Square, New York. Lenovo’s Legion 5 and 5 Pro Gen 7 laptops are significan
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    Date:
    05/12/2022
    Drive Your Power Applications to the Next Level with GaN

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    Figure 1: The block diagram of the MDC901 GaN gate driver

    ­The entire ecosystem surrounding GaN HEMTs, which includes active and passive components like gate drivers, inductors and capacitors as well as the design techniques to implement the devices effectively, must quickly evolve to realize GaN’s full potential. As the device directly controlling the GaN HEMTs, th
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    Date:
    05/01/2022
    A Look at the Advantages of 4th Generation SiC MOSFETs

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    Figure 1: The evolution of process technologies improves upon the trench gate structure for a lowered on-resistance per unit area

    ­Power is arguably the most critical part of next-generation electric vehicles, alternative energy systems, and data centers, and industrial power supplies are increasingly reliant on efficient operations to save on energy costs and increase the effectiveness of their subsystems/equipment. In these applications, eve
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    Date:
    05/01/2022
    Archive

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

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

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