Wide-Bandgap Semis

December 2022

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Figure 1: Kodiak Robotics integrates autonomous technology into commercial fleets using power modules.

Power Modules Accelerate the Path to Long-Haul, Autonomous Trucking

Bill Schmitz, President of Vicor Power Systems, a Vicor Corporation subsidiary

Commercial trucking is the backbone of the U.S. economy. That has never been more evident than in the past few years as Covid-19 supply chain disruptions gripped the country. At the same time, it’s becoming harder and harder to find people who want to drive trucks. The average American truck driver is abou

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Date:

12/31/2022

Dr. Cengiz Balkas, SVP and GM of Materials for Wolfspeed

Wolfspeed Expands and Extends Silicon Carbide Wafer Supply Agreement with a Leading Global Semiconductor Company

Wolfspeed, Inc. announced the expansion of an existing multi-year, long-term Silicon Carbide wafer supply agreement, now worth approximately $225 million, with a leading power device company. The expanded agreement calls for Wolfspeed to supply the company with 150 mm Silicon Carbide bare and epitaxial wafers, re

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Date:

12/15/2022

Luke Lee, Texas Instruments' vice president for Asia and president for Taiwan, Korea and South Asia

Chicony Power and TI Join Forces to Bring GaN Technology to Next-Generation Energy-Efficient Laptop Power Adapter

Texas Instruments (TI) announced that Chicony Power designed in TI’s integrated gallium nitride (GaN) technology to power its latest 65-W laptop power adapter, Le Petit. Leveraging TI’s half-bridge GaN FET with integrated gate driver, LMG2610, Chicony Power and TI collaborated on a design to reduce the si

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Date:

12/14/2022

STMicroelectronics Boosts EV Performance and Driving Range with new Silicon-Carbide Power Modules

STMicroelectronics has released high-power modules for electric vehicles that boost performance and driving range. ST’s new silicon-carbide (SiC) power modules have been selected for Hyundai’s E-GMP electric-vehicle platform shared by KIA EV6 and several models. Five new SiC-MOSFET based pow

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Date:

12/07/2022