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How these power transistors will allow electronic devices to function for years without a battery

A new type of transistor could bring about a bevy of innovative electronic applications, ranging from wearables to implants to IoT devices, due to the tiny amount of power it uses. Developed by ...
New Atlas

Ultra-high voltage transistors aim to boost EV range and efficiency

A University at Buffalo team has proposed a new form of power MOSFET transistor that can handle incredibly high voltages with minimal thickness, heralding an efficiency increase in the power ...
EDN

RF Power Transistors

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, today announced new radio-frequency (RF) power transistors built using an advanced ...
Business Wire

EPC Introduces 350 V Gallium Nitride (GaN) Power Transistor − 20 Times Smaller Than Comparable Silicon and Lower Cost

The EPC2050 offers power systems designers a 350 V, 80 mΩ maximum R DS(on), 26 A peak current power transistor in an extremely small chip-scale package. These new devices are ideal for multi-level ...
Business Wire

Transphorm to Demonstrate 99% Efficiency Power Switching with a 1200 Volt GaN Power Transistor at ISPSD 2022

GOLETA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Transphorm, Inc. (Nasdaq: TGAN)—a pioneer in and global supplier of high reliability, high performance gallium nitride (GaN) power conversion products—announced today ...
CNET

Researchers attack transistors to slay vampire power

European Union-funded project seeks to rearchitect chips to stop energy "leakage" and make everyday electronics, from cell phones to supercomputers, 10 times more energy efficient. Martin LaMonica is ...
Semiconductor Engineering

GaN Power Devices Power Up

New research points to safer devices with less loss at low voltages, but problems remain for high-voltage industrial ...
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 ...
pv magazine International

Mitsubishi Electric unveils power-switching transistor for solar

Mitsubishi Electric’s new 2.0kV LV100 semiconductor device is based on its insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) technology and Relaxed Field of Cathode (RFC) diodes. It is designed for industrial ...
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Low-power, flexible radio-frequency transistors break 100 GHz barrier

Over the past decades, electronics engineers worldwide have been trying to develop devices that could enable even faster ...
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What Is a Transistor, and How Does It Work?

Transistors are tiny electronic components that act as switches and amplifiers, and they dwell at the heart of modern technology. In simple terms, a transistor can turn a flow of electricity on or off ...