Transphorm Inc. today announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Naval Research (ONR) has exercised a three-year $15.9 million option on an existing $2.6 million base contract with the company. This contract, N68335-19-C-0107, administered by Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst establishes Transphorm as a U.S.-based dedicated production source and supplier […]
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GaN process supports mmWave and 5G power applications
WIN Semiconductors Corp has expanded its gallium nitride (GaN) portfolio with the commercial release of a 0.15μm-gate technology, NP15-00 Gan process, that supports emerging mmWave PA applications including radar, satellite communications, and 5G massive MIMO infrastructure. The NP15-00 GaN process technology supports full MMICs enabling WIN customers to design compact, linear or saturated high power […]
First true 1-kA voltage regulator targets next-gen AI and 5G networking
Infineon Technologies AG extends its portfolio of high current system chipset solutions with the industry’s first 16-phase digital PWM multiphase controller, the XDPE132G5C. The portfolio enables currents of 500 to 1000 A and higher for next generation CPUs, GPUs, FPGA and ASICs used in high-end artificial intelligence (AI) servers and 5G datacom applications. As CPU […]
High-power-density POL converters target AI, 5G, IoT, enterprise apps
TDK Corporation announces the new series of µPOL DC-DC converters, the industry’s most compact and highest power density point-of-load solutions for applications such as big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), 5G cells, IoT and computing enterprise. Rather than using side by side discrete integrated circuit (IC) and discrete inductor (L) the new FS series […]