Compound Semiconductor

Scaling N-polar GaN HEMT on Si to 8-inch

At the same time, the semiconductor industry has been moving toward 200 mm (8-inch) wafers to improve manufacturing ...
SlashGear

What Is A GaN Charger? (And How Do You Know If You Have One?)

Charging technology has improved significantly in recent years. Devices like phones, tablets, and laptops now power up much faster than they used to. Still, most traditional chargers come with a few ...
Embedded

5G and GaN: The shift from LDMOS to GaN

In the previous article in this series, we reviewed the Massive MIMO technologies that are driving 5G implementation across the country. While the potential of mmWave frequency applications will ...
Compound Semiconductor

USTC team develops GaN/diamond CMOS power circuit

Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and collaborators have manufactured a high-performance normally-off diamond p-FET featuring high-density 2D hole gas (HG) with ...
Electronic Design

What’s the Latest in GaN-Based Automotive Applications?

GaN-inspired advances in on-board battery chargers. How AlGaN/GaN HEMTs deliver high switching frequencies. Buck converter reference design for 48-V apps that leverages GaN FETs. Electric vehicles ...
New Electronics

GaN sector shifts as TSMC licenses technology to VIS and GlobalFoundries

The gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor industry is entering a new phase as TSMC moves to license its GaN technologies to other foundries while preparing to withdraw from direct GaN foundry services.
Electronic Design

GaN to Bring Bidirectional Current and Voltage Control

Power semiconductor upstart Transphorm said it has landed a contract with the U.S. Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to build a better bidirectional switch out of ...