EDN

Gate driver for GaN transistors adds galvanic isolation

A new gate driver claims to ease the adoption of gallium nitride (GaN) technology in consumer and industrial applications such as power supplies in computer servers, factory-automation equipment, ...
Business Wire

Teledyne e2v HiRel Announces New 100 V High-Speed 20 MHz FET and GaN Transistor Driver Flip Chip Die

MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teledyne e2v HiRel announces the new TD99102 UltraCMOS ® High-speed FET and GaN transistor driver offering very high switching speed of 20 MHz. The new flip-chip ...
EDN

650-V half-bridge evaluation cards target GaN drivers and transistors

GaN Systems has developed two 650-V half-bridge evaluation cards (30 A and 60 A) to evaluate gallium nitride (GaN) drivers and GaN transistors in a variety of applications. The company claims these ...
Electronic Design

7-Channel, NMOS Low-Side Driver Replaces Darlington Transistor Arrays

Texas Instruments (TI) introduced a seven-channel, NMOS low-side driver, replacing standard Darlington transistor arrays with a power-efficient, drop-in compatible integrated circuit. The TPL7407L ...
HotHardware

New Breakthrough Transistor Tech Claims To Leave TSMC And Intel In The Dust

For decades, the semiconductor industry has been laser-focused on shrinking silicon transistors, but Peking University researchers believe the future might lie in changing materials entirely. In a ...
Business Wire

Panasonic to Start Mass Production of High-speed Gate Driver Dedicated to GaN Power Transistor X-GaN (TM)

MUNICH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Panasonic Corporation today announced that it will start mass production of a high-speed gate driver (AN34092B) optimized for driving its GaN power transistor X-GaN ...
Electronic Design

Smart Solenoid Driver Reduces Power Loss

Solenoids and relays used in electronic control applications consume lots of power. The current required for activation is typically three to 10 times higher than the minimum needed to hold the relay ...