Power Up

In this episode of PowerUP, Joseph Notaro, VP of global sales and marketing at Dukosi, talked about the company’s chip-on-cell technology as a solution for battery-cell monitoring.

In this episode of PowerUp, Jason Dubin, VP of Executive Search at SBT, discusses the semiconductor industry's evolving landscape, emphasizing power management integrated circuits (PMICs), wide-bandgap semiconductors and the critical need for specialized talent.

In this episode, we welcome Ivo Marocco, Vice President at Renesas, who leads the global Business Development, Systems, and Solution Marketing team for the Power Business Unit. We delve into Renesas's strategic growth and technological advancements, highlighting their expansion from automotive microcontrollers to power products. The discussion covers organizational restructuring, investments in silicon carbide (SiC), contributions to data infrastructure, AI, and the EV market, proactive measures for SiC supply stability, and the impact of key acquisitions on power technology.

Integrating precise current sensing into wide-bandgap (WBG) power converters faces challenges due to space constraints, high sensing speeds and electromagnetic interference (EMI). In this podcast with Ali Parsa Sirat and Babak Parkhideh, from the Photovoltaic Integration Lab at UNC Charlotte, we explore the limitations and new methods to enhance sensor performance in WBG converters.

In this podcast with Tim McDonald, senior consulting advisor for Infineon Technologies’ CoolGaN program, we delve into power electronics and their critical role in achieving net-zero emissions.

In this podcast, Nexperia’s Sebastian Fahlbusch, manager of the Power Product Application Competence Center, and Dilder Chowdhury, director of strategic marketing for power GaN technology, explore advancements in wide-bandgap technologies. They discuss the advantages of SiC MOSFETs and the benefits of GaN in industrial applications, as well as the main features of CCPAK packaging. They also mentioned a partnership with Mitsubishi to develop innovative power semiconductor solutions.

In this episode, top semiconductor companies at APEC 2024 delve into the world of wide-bandgap power devices.

Gallium nitride (GaN) technology is revolutionizing diverse applications, from LiDAR systems to motor control. LiDAR employs pulsed lasers for precise distance measurement, generating detailed 3D images. In this episode of PowerUP featuring Alex Lidow, CEO of EPC, we delve into an examination of the revolutionary implications of GaN technology across a range of applications, with a specific focus on motor control and LiDAR systems. We investigate its function in LiDAR, where GaN-based FETs function as efficient laser-switching drivers. We also discover how GaN transistors enhance the efficacy and efficiency of motor control components, such as those found in e-bikes.

In an era characterized by a significant surge in global energy consumption, which is anticipated to rise by 47% over the next three decades, the need for sustainable and alternative energy sources has become increasingly important. Energy harvesting is a viable option that involves the capture of energy from renewable sources, including solar, mechanical and thermal sources. In this podcast with Tristan Cool, industrial IoT product marketing manager at Silicon Labs, we will analyze the advantages and design issues with energy harvesting for low power.

In today’s episode, Philip Zuk, senior VP of business development and marketing at Transphorm, will provide insights into the latest breakthroughs in power systems and GaN semiconductor technology, as well as an exciting development from Transphorm known as SuperGaN. Transphorm and other companies, such as Nexperia, manufacture normally-off cascode devices. A primary benefit of this configuration strategy is the backward compatibility of the gate drive with silicon MOSFETs. Join us as we explore the competition between silicon, SiC and GaN, promising consumers more efficient, cost-effective systems in the tech landscape.