Power Semiconductors Weekly Newsletter. February 2024

Dear friends, please enjoy your February Power Semiconductors Newsletter!

Power Semiconductors Weekly Platform Updates

The first month of 2024 has passed with lightning speed. Still warm and charming after the holidays season, January has brought us many new interesting market news, industry events, books, and scientific papers. Starting this month, you will always find latest industry papers at the platform and in this monthly newsletter.

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Market News

Top 5 Power Semiconductors News January 2024

• STMicroelectronics to Provide Li Auto SiC MOSFET Devices to Support its BEVs Strategy
• SK Siltron CSS to Provide Infineon Technologies with 150-millimeter SiC Wafers
• Renesas Electronics Adds Transphorm’s GaN to Its Power Portfolio
• Mitsubishi Electric Announced Release of Six New J3-Series Power Semiconductor Modules
• Infineon Expands and Extends the Existing SiC Wafer Supply Agreement with Wolfspeed

January News Round Up

• Teledyne e2v HiRel Adds New Space Screened Versions of 100V/90A and 650V/30A GaN HEMTs
• Toshiba to Move its Semiconductor Business Unit and R&D to Kawasaki
• KU Leuven and Flanders Tech Companies Collaborate
• Key Foundry Changed Its Name to “SK keyfoundry”
• Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Released Two αMOS5? 600V FRD SJ MOSFETs
• Littelfuse Named one of?America’s Most Responsible Companies on Newsweek’s 2024 List
• onsemi Announced Availability of Nine New EliteSiC Power Integrated Modules
• U.S. Department of Commerce and Microchip Technology Reached a PMT to Provide $162 million in Federal Incentives under the CHIPS and Science Act
• BYD Honors United Nova Technology with Special Contribution Award
• EPC Introduces Three Evaluation Boards
• Allegro MicroSystems Launches Second Product in its HV Power Portfolio
• Aehr Reports Strong Revenue and Earnings Growth
• Navitas Semiconductor Appoints Janet Chou as EVP, CFO, and Treasurer
• Okmetic Expands Global Sales Network
• STMicroelectronics Announced New Organization
• Florian Martens Appointed Global Head of Communications & Public Policy at Infineon
• Soitec Introduced New Water Reuse Process
• OMRON Enables One of Japan’s Smallest and Lightest V2X Charging Systems Using Infineon’s GaN Solutions
• Transphorm Adds Two New SuperGaN Devices in a 4-lead TO-247 Package
• SemiQ to Show Its Latest SiC Portfolio at the APEC in California
• STMicroelectronics Named Top Employer 2024 in Italy and France
• Bourns to Exhibit the Expanding Portfolio of HV Application Solutions at APEC 2024
• MCC Semi Adds New Models to the Lineup of Bridge Rectifiers
• ROHM Added a Lineup of Compact 600V Super Junction MOSFETs
• Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Added a 100V MOSFET in DFN 5×6 Package
• Texas Instruments Reported Fourth Quarter Revenue
• Qorvo Unveiled Automotive-Qualified SiC FET in a Compact D2PAK-7L Package
• Micro Commercial Components Delivers Eight New Low-Profile Schottky Barrier Rectifiers
• Moov Launches Equipment Management Software for Semiconductor Manufacturers
• Infineon Technologies will Provide Sinexcel with Industry-Leading CoolSiC MOSFETs
• Navitas Semiconductor?and SHINRY Collaborate to Accelerate Development of New-Energy Vehicle Power Systems
• STMicroelectronics Announced Q4 and FY 2023 Financial Results
• Infineon’s GaN Systems?Recognized as the “Graduate Of The Year”
• Infineon Technologies and Anker Innovations Announced Joint Innovation Application Center
• Bourns Expands Sales Presence in Japan
• PANJIT Introduced New P-Channel and N-Channel MOSFETs to Boost Automotive Electronic Systems
• Navitas Semiconductor?Invites Visitors to APEC 2024
• Power Integrations Released InnoSwitch?5-Pro Family of High-Efficiency Programmable Flyback Switcher ICs
• TTI to Distribute PANJIT Semiconductors
• JEDEC Solid State Technology Association Published JEP198: Guideline for Reverse Bias Reliability Evaluation Procedures for GaN Power Conversion Devices
• MIT, Applied Materials, and Northeast Microelectronics Coalition Hub to Create a Unique Open-Access Semiconductor Site
• Wolfspeed to Expand Existing Long-Term SiC Wafer Supply Agreement with a Leading Global Semiconductor Company

Industry Papers

• Influence of JFET Width on Short-Circuit Robustness of 1200V SiC Power MOSFETs
• A New Design Technique for a High-Speed and High dV/dt Immunity Floating-Voltage Level Shifter
• A Basic Design Tool for Grid-Connected AC–DC Converters Using Silcon Carbide MOSFETs
• SiC Trench MOSFET with Depletion-Mode pMOS for Enhanced Short-Circuit Capability and Switching Performance

Industry Events

If you are looking for some industry events to join?in February to?find out more about power semiconductors, their application, market trends, etc., I would like to recommend the following online and in-person events not to miss this month:

• SEMICON KOREA
• RT-HIL Testing of Power Electronics Converter and Drives Systems (Tutorial by ECPE)
• Advantages of Employing Silicon Carbide in 600 W to 30 kW Industrial-Grade Lithium-Ion Fast Charging Systems (Webinar by onsemi)
• Reliability of Power Electronics – Part 2: Robustness and System Reliability (Workshop by ECPE)
• APEC 2024
• Achieve Industrial Motor Drive Efficiency Standards with Silicon Carbide (Webinar by Wolfspeed and RichardsonRFPD)

To stay up to date with the industry events, check Power Semiconductors Weekly Events page. More events are being added every week!

Semiconductors Bookshelf

Handbook of Integrated Circuit Industry

Written by hundreds experts who have made contributions to both enterprise and academics research, these excellent reference books provide all necessary knowledge of the whole industrial chain of integrated circuits, and cover topics related to the technology evolution trends, fabrication, applications, new materials, equipment, economy, investment, and industrial developments of integrated circuits.?

Especially, the coverage is broad in scope and deep enough for all kind of readers being interested in integrated circuit industry. Remarkable data collection, update marketing evaluation, enough working knowledge of integrated circuit fabrication, clear and accessible category of integrated circuit products, and good equipment insight explanation, etc. can make general readers build up a clear overview about the whole integrated circuit industry.?

This encyclopedia is designed as a reference book for scientists and engineers actively involved in integrated circuit research and development field. In addition, this book provides enough guide lines and knowledges to benefit enterprisers being interested in integrated circuit industry.

Semiconductor Devices: Diodes, Transistors, Solar Cells, Charge Coupled Devices and Solid State Lasers

This book examines in detail how a semiconductor device is designed and fabricated to satisfy best the requirements of the target application. The author presents and explains both basic and state-of-art semiconductor industry standards used in large/small signal equivalent circuit models for semiconductor devices that electronics engineers routinely use in their design calculations.?

The presentation includes detailed, step-by-step information on how a semiconductor device is fabricated, and the very sophisticated supporting technologies used in the process flow.?

The author also explains how standard laboratory equipment can be used to extract useful performance metrics of a semiconductor device.

Find more semiconductor books at?Power Semiconductors Weekly.

Power Semiconductors Weekly Blog

To summarize power semiconductors market activity in January and learn about platform updates, enjoy the latest newscast issue. Power Semiconductors Weekly newscast Volume 127?is available at YouTube channel or via the link below:

Have a wonderful February! And stay tuned for more power semiconductors news!