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SemiQ Inc of Lake Forest, CA, USA — which designs, develops and manufactures silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors and 150mm SiC epitaxial wafers for high-voltage applications — has added an S7 package to its QSiC family of 1200V, half-bridge MOSFET and Schottky diode SiC power modules. The new products further enhance design flexibility by providing compact, high-efficiency, high-performance options for new designs while supporting drop-in-replacement in legacy systems that require more efficient operation...

Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics (IAF) of Freiburg, Germany has used metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) to fabricate and characterize aluminum yttrium nitride (AlYN), enabling the development of new, diverse applications...

VisIC Technologies Ltd of Ness Ziona, Israel – a fabless supplier of power conversion devices based on gallium nitride (GaN) transistors for automotive, industrial and data-center applications – has added Wolfgang Wondrak to its team as a consultant...

SweGaN AB of Linköping, Sweden — which develops and manufactures custom gallium nitride on silicon carbide (GaN-on-SiC) epitaxial wafers (based on a unique growth technology) for telecoms, satcoms, defense and power electronics applications — has reported orders in first-half 2024 for its benchmark QuanFINE epiwafers worth SEK17m, including three large frame agreements from undisclosed major telecom and defense market players. The firm has reported a 100% increase in orders year-on-year and begun deliveries from its new facility in Linköping as it progresses in its scale-up...

For second-quarter 2024, AXT Inc of Fremont, CA, USA — which makes gallium arsenide (GaAs), indium phosphide (InP) and germanium (Ge) substrates and raw materials — has reported revenue of $27.9m, up 23% on $22.7m last quarter and 50% on $18.6m a year ago, and exceeding the guidance of $25.5–27.5m. This reflects strong demand in various sectors, including data-center applications and satellite solar cells...

For second-quarter 2024, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instrument Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $175.9m, up 1% on $174.5m last quarter and 9% on $161.6m a year ago...

Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany says that Vitesco Technologies of Regensburg, Germany (which develops and manufactures drive technologies and electrification solutions for electro-mobility) has selected its CoolGaN Transistors 650V to improve the power efficiency of its Gen5+ GaN Air DC–DC converter. The transistors are said to significantly improve the overall system performance while minimizing system cost and increasing ease of use. As a result, Vitesco created a new generation of DC–DC converters that are said to set new standards in power density (efficiency of over 96%) and sustainability for power grids, power supplies, and OBCs...

For second-quarter 2024, gallium nitride (GaN) power IC and silicon carbide (SiC) technology firm Navitas Semiconductor of Torrance, CA, USA has reported revenue of $20.5m, down 12.6% on $23.2m last quarter but up 13% on $18.1m a year ago, and at the top of the $20m±$0.5m guidance range. Revenue for first-half 2024 was up nearly 40% year-on-year...

NUBURU Inc of Centennial, CO, USA — which was founded in 2015 and develops and manufactures high-power industrial blue lasers — has announced a strategic collaboration with Lasers4NetZero, an initiative dedicated to advancing sustainable practices...

Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany has officially opened the first phase of a new 200mm-wafer silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductor fab at its Kulim 3 site in Malaysia. Malaysian Prime Minister The Right Honourable Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Chief Minister of the state of Kedah The Right Honourable Dato’ Seri Haji Muhammad Sanusi Haji Mohd Nor joined Infineon’s CEO Jochen Hanebeck to symbolically launch production...