Supply chain disruptions have had a major impact on the semiconductor industry in recent years. While 2023 has finally seen the chip shortage subside, future demand for highly specialized semiconductors is set to skyrocket. Will the chip industry giants be able to keep up or will there be a catastrophic semiconductor shortage caused by continued supply chain failures?

Technology is destined to totally transform industry, with new and exciting technologies taking center-stage to bring significant improvements in efficiency and results. Despite the dominance of technology, however, the human element still plays an important role.

This is the second in a two-part miniseries discussing the cyber security threat to power electronics in different applications. The first article looked at electric vehicles as one critical area of susceptibility; this article discusses how electric power grids present another significant risk factor.

GaN Systems, the global specialist in GaN power semiconductors, announced today the availability of a new turnkey 140W AC/DC charger reference design with USB PD3.1, Single Port Type-C Output. Compared to silicon-based chargers, this design is 40 % lighter and 50 % smaller, featuring an ultra-high-power density of 23W/in3. For the consumer electronics market, these features can be advantageous.

Modern electronic devices are typically both compact and rugged–and this is due in part to their internal use of flexible (sometimes called flex) printed circuit boards (FPCBs). Originally designed during World War ll as a wire harness replacement, FPCBs have grown into an industry that is expected to reach US$27 billion by 2022.

The finFET is a transistor design which attempts to overcome the worst types of short-channel effect encountered by transistors while enabling chips to achieve higher performance metrics at a lower cost.

The European battery energy storage system market is expected to witness market growth of 24.6% CAGR during the forecast period from 2021-2027. This was revealed in the latest report from the market research store RESEARCH AND MARKETS.

An international team of researchers led by ETH Zurich and with the participation of Empa has created an antenna for light sources on a chip using an unusual placement of a semiconductor material. In the future, efficient nanoscale LEDs and lasers could be produced in this way.

Researchers at the State University of New York Buffalo have developed transistors based on gallium oxide. Could they be a cheaper and more efficient alternative to transistors made from silicon carbide (SiC)?

Nexperia has announced the release of its first 80 V and 100 V application-specific MOSFETs (ASFETs) for hotswap with enhanced safe operating area (SOA) in a compact 8x8 mm LFPAK88 package. These new ASFETs are fully optimized for demanding hotswap and soft-start applications and are qualified to 175 °C for use in advanced telecom and computing equipment.