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1.5KPower ComponentsEngineers Build Advanced Microprocessor out of Carbon Nanotubes
After years of tackling numerous design and manufacturing challenges, MIT researchers have built a modern microprocessor from carbon nanotube transistors, which are...
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1.4KPower ComponentsGallium-Oxide Power Transistors Handle 155MW per Square Centimeter
On a footprint as small as possible, power electronic components should offer low energy consumption and achieve ever higher power densities, thus...
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851Energy HarvestingNew Unified Theory for Heat Transport in Wide Variety of Material Classes
Theoretical physicists from Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA) and the University of California, Davis lay brand new foundations to such...
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1.3KSwitch-Mode Power65W GaN-Based Adapter for Appliances and Industrial Applications – Reference Design
The DER-747 from Power Integrations is a 20V / 3.25A output ac-dc power supply using the InnoSwitch3-EP. This charger design shows the...
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1.1KComponentsInductors Meet Complex Requirements of GaN-Based High Power Density Designs
TT Electronics announced two new surface mount device (SMD) power inductors: the HM66M series for use in high frequency power conversion systems...
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845Power ComponentsPowerAmerica Awards $24 Million to Projects to Advance Wide Bandgap Technology
The PowerAmerica Institute at N.C. State University, a member of Manufacturing USA, recently awarded $24 million in funding to 24 new member...
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1.1KPower ComponentsFerroelectric Nylon as a Building Block for Transparent Electronic Devices
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) led by Dr. Kamal Asadi have solved a four-decade long challenge of...
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678Power ComponentsMining Electronic Waste for Rare Earth Elements
Rare earth elements are the "secret sauce" of numerous advanced materials for energy, transportation, defense and communications applications. Their largest use for...
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1.2KPower ComponentsNanocrystalline Material and Fabrication Process for Advanced Magnetic Devices
Magnetic components are essential to America’s electricity delivery system, ultimately powering homes, businesses and more to drive the nation’s economy and enhance...
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990Power ComponentsNewfound Superconductor Material Could Be the ‘Silicon of Quantum Computers’
A potentially useful material for building quantum computers has been unearthed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), whose scientists...
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1.3KMotion ControlIGBT/SiC Gate Drive Reference Design for 3-Phase EV Motors
The RDGD3100I3PH5EVB from NXP Semiconductors is a fully functional three-phase power gate drive reference design populated with six GD3100 gate drivers with...
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807Power ComponentsAiming to Close Supply Chain Gap for Cost-Effective GaN Transistors
IGSS GaN (IGaN) announced a cost-effective and quick prototyping Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) shuttle program designed to advance successful volume production in 200mm...
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1.6KPower Components1.7kV SiC JFET Eases High Voltage Utility Power Supply Design – App Note
By Mike Zhu, UnitedSiC The emergence of fast switching silicon-carbide (SiC) wide bandgap (WBG) devices has dramatically enhanced power density in a...
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1.6KPower ComponentsCree and ON Semi Pen Multi-Year SiC Wafer Supply Agreement
Cree, Inc. and ON Semiconductor Corporation announced the execution of a multi-year agreement where Cree will produce and supply its Wolfspeed® silicon...
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2.0KPower ComponentsGTAT and GlobalWafers Sign Multi-Year SiC Supply Agreement
GTAT Corporation and GlobalWafers Co., Ltd. (GWC) have entered into a long-term agreement whereby the expertise of both companies will combine to...
