EDN

RF power transistors offered in copper-based, open-cavity plastic packages

Neubiberg, Germany — Infineon Technologies AG has announced a new family of RF power transistors in an open-cavity plastic package with a copper base, targeted at the high-volume cellular ...
Electronic Design

Dynamically Testing WBG Power Semiconductors Down to the Die

Double-pulse testing will play a pivotal role in the future of power electronics. Power designers and system engineers rely on it to evaluate the switching characteristics of power semiconductors such ...
Electronic Design

How SiC Transistors Can Improve Power-Conversion Efficiency

Properties of wide-bandgap materials, with a focus on SiC. How a bridgeless totem-pole topology can help cut losses. A breakdown of the half-bridge inverter topology The efficiency of power-conversion ...
Nanowerk

Quick charging electric cars from household power out-lets, made possible by innovative transistors

(Nanowerk News) Charging electric vehicles in the comfort of one’s own garage is possible – in theory. Compared to commercial quick chargers, it remains an inefficient option: When the alternating ...
Nature

High-Voltage Power Devices and Transistors

High-voltage power devices and transistors form the backbone of modern energy conversion systems, serving critical roles in renewable energy, automotive powertrains and industrial drives. These ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Properties Of The State-Of-The-Art Commercially Available SiC and GaN Power Transistors

A technical paper titled “Review and Outlook on GaN and SiC Power Devices: Industrial State-of-the-Art, Applications, and Perspectives” was published by researchers at University of Padova. “We ...
EDN

Medium Power Transistors and Rectifiers

The need to improve electronic circuits’ efficiency, to follow the ongoing trend to lower supply voltages and higher operating currents and to deal with multiple supply voltages has lead to certain ...