Wide-Bandgap Semis

January 2023

200 V, 10 mΩ GaN FET Joins Family of Footprint Compatible QFN Packaged Devices for High Efficiency

EPC introduces the 200 V, 10 mΩ EPC2307 in a thermally-enhanced QFN in a tiny 3 mm x 5 mm footprint. The EPC2307 is footprint compatible with the previously released 100 V, 1.8 mΩ EPC2302, the 100 V 3.8 mΩ EPC2306, the 150 V, 3 mΩ EPC2305, the 150 V, 6 mΩ EPC2308, and the 200 V, 5 mΩ

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Date:

01/30/2023

Navitas CEO and co-founder Gene Sheridan

Navitas to Acquire Silicon Control IC Company

Navitas Semiconductor announced an agreement to acquire the remaining minority interest in its silicon control IC joint venture from Halo Microelectronics for a purchase price of $20 million in Navitas stock. In 2021, Navitas and Halo created a joint venture to develop application-specific silicon c

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Date:

01/19/2023

Design Higher Density and Lower Cost Lidar Systems with New 80 V, 15 A GaN eToF Laser Driver IC

EPC announces the introduction of the EPC21701, a laser driver that monolithically integrates an 80 V, 40 A FET with gate driver and 3.3 logic level input into a single chip for time-of-flight lidar systems used in robotics, surveillance systems, and vacuum cleaners. It is tailored to lidar sy

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01/16/2023

ROHM's Fourth Generation SiC MOSFETs to be Used in Hitachi Astemo's Inverters for Electric Vehicles

ROHM Semiconductor announced the adoption of its new fourth generation SiC MOSFETs and gate driver ICs in electric vehicle inverters from Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., a leading Japanese automotive parts manufacturer. As the electrification of cars rapidly advances towards achieving a decarbonized society,

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Date:

01/10/2023

Simon Keeton, executive vice president and general manager, Power Solutions Group, onsemi

onsemi and Ampt Collaboration Increases Efficiency for Utility Solar Providers

onsemi and Ampt LLC announced their collaboration to meet the high demand for DC string optimizers. Ampt uses onsemi’s N-Channel SiC MOSFET, part of the EliteSiC family of silicon carbide (SiC) technologies, in its DC string optimizers for critical power switching applications. Ampt string op

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Date:

01/05/2023

Silicon Carbide Family Solutions Deliver Industry-Leading Efficiency

onsemi introduced “EliteSiC” as the name of its silicon carbide (SiC) family. The company is set to showcase three new members of the family – the 1700 V EliteSiC MOSFET and two 1700 V avalanche-rated EliteSiC Schottky diodes. The new devices provide reliable, high-efficiency performance for energy in

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Date:

01/03/2023

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Figure 1. GaN powers products across the data center, industrial, automotive, consumer electronics, and Hi-Rel

GaN: Solving the Dual Challenge of Sustainability and Profitability in the Data Center

Paul Wiener, VP Strategic Marketing, GaN Systems

Internet traffic has increased by nearly two billion new users in the past five years, creating challenging new demands on the overall Internet and cloud infrastructure. At the same time, cloud operators have significantly ramped technology investments in sustainability, scalability, and profitability. At the ce

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Date:

01/01/2023