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LATEST NEWS / SiC / WBG3 Min Read
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. announced that at the Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) 2024, the company is showcasing its broad portfolio of passive and semiconductor solutions that address the latest trends in power electronics — from energy harvesting, electric vehicle (EV) powertrains, and mass commercialization to efficient and effective power electronics for power tools and switching regulators that shorten the iterative design cycle.
Taking center stage in booth 1607 will be Vishay’s newly released 1200 V MaxSiC™ series silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs, which deliver on-resistances of 40, 80 and 250 mΩ in standard packages for industrial applications, with custom products also available. In addition, Vishay will provide a roadmap for 650 V to 1700 V SiC MOSFETs with on-resistances ranging from 12 mΩ to 1 Ω.
Vishay’s SiC platform is based on a proprietary MOSFET technology — enabled through the company’s recent acquisition of MaxPower Semiconductor, Inc. — which will address market demands in traction inverter, photovoltaic energy storage, on-board charger, and charging station applications. At the booth, Vishay’s experts will also be discussing upcoming planned releases of the MaxSiC platform, including AEC-Q101 Automotive Grade products.
At APEC 2024, Vishay will also be offering a variety of product-focused demonstrations highlighting IHPT haptic actuators; the THJP ThermaWick® Thermal Jumper; the pulse performance of MELF, CRCW / CRCW-HP thick film, and MCS, MCU, and MCW thin film chip resistors; and the thermal capabilities of the PCAN and RCP high power thin and thick film resistors. In addition, application-focused demonstrations will include:
- An 800 V SiC MOSFET heat pump with a 100 % Vishay BOM
- A high voltage intelligent battery shunt for 400 V and 800 V batteries
- A six-phase DC/DC converter for mild hybrid vehicles with 48 V boardnets that provides power to 12 V loads up to 3 kW with high efficiency to 97 %
- A semiconductor-based, resettable eFuse for 800 V electric vehicle systems
Additional Vishay passive components on display at APEC 2024 will include the IHDM series of high current, edge-wound through hole inductors with continuous operation to +180 °C; hybrid planar and integrated transformers; wireless charging coils; NTC thermistors and PTC thermistors, including the PTCEL series capable of handling energy absorption up to 240 J; high power wirewound, thin film, and thick film resistors, including the anti-surge RCS with power to 0.5 W in the 0805 case size; high voltage thick film resistors and dividers; high voltage aluminum, ceramic, and power electronic capacitors (PEC); high energy tantalum capacitors; and robust metallized polypropylene film capacitors, including the MKP1848e DC-Link capacitor with high temperature operation to +125 °C.
Highlighted Vishay semiconductor solutions will consist of the SiC967 high voltage synchronous buck regulator with integrated power MOSFETs and inductors; 400 V, 600 V, and 1200 V standard rectifiers in SlimDPAK 2L and SMPD 2L packages with high creepage distance; 650 V and 1200 V SiC Schottky diodes up to 12 A in eSMP® series and power packages for AC/DC power factor correction (PFC) and ultra high frequency output rectification; and transient voltage suppressors (TVS).
Original – Vishay Intertechnology
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On 15 September 2023, the Management Board of Infineon Technologies AG resolved, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, to acquire up to 7,000,000 shares (ISIN DE0006231004) via the stock exchange at a total purchase price (excluding incidental costs) of up to €300 million.
The buyback is carried out on behalf of Infineon by an independent credit institution via Xetra trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and is scheduled to start on 26 February 2024 and to be completed no later than 28 March 2024 (inclusive). The buyback serves the sole purpose of allocating shares to employees of the company or affiliated companies, members of the Management Board of the company as well as members of the management board and the board of directors of affiliated companies as part of the existing employee participation programs.
The buyback is based on the authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting on 16 February 2023 and will be carried out in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014 in conjunction with the provisions of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2016/1052 of 8 March 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) 596/2014 with regard to regulatory technical standards for the conditions applicable to buyback programs and stabilization measures (“Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052”).
Further details can be found in the announcement pursuant to Art. 5(1) lit. a) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 and Art. 2(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 which has also been published on the Infineon website at www.infineon.com/cms/en/about-infineon/investor/infineon-share/. All transactions within the buyback program will be announced in accordance with the requirements of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052. Infineon will provide regular updates on the progress of the share buyback on its website at
https://www.infineon.com/cms/en/about-infineon/investor/infineon-share/#share-buyback-program-2024 and will ensure that the information remains publicly available for at least five years from the date of announcement.
Original – Infineon Technologies
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Bourns, Inc. announced it has selected Holder as an additional full line distributor in China. Holder was selected based on its extensive passive components experience along with its knowledgeable and large FAE organization that is known to supply superior technical support. These attributes give Bourns the essential backing to meet increasing demand for the company’s advanced vehicle, industrial and consumer electronic component solutions.
“As the leading passive component distributor in China, it made strategic sense for Bourns to initiate a sales channel relationship with Holder. Bourns has grown to be one of the Top 10 power conversion solution providers worldwide. Therefore, we believe this strategic alliance is poised to bring about a positive impact on meeting our customers’ growing need for Bourns’ product accessibility and availability in the Chinese market,” said James Harrington and Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Bourns.
“The entire Holder organization is excited to take on the representation of Bourns’ advanced and innovative application solutions. With 29 offices throughout China along with an extensive FAE team, we are eager to help Bourns expand its Chinese customer base with the worldclass support electronics developers have come to expect from an industry leader such as Bourns,” said Leo Xie, Holder CEO.
Original – Bourns
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Infineon Technologies AG has finished its 24th Annual General Meeting. The entire event was held in a virtual format and broadcast publicly on the company web site. Shareholders had the opportunity to speak live during the event and ask questions.
Dividend of €0.35 per share
The Annual General Meeting followed the proposal of the Management Board and Supervisory Board on the distribution of profits and approved a dividend payment of €0.35 per share. The payout exceeds the dividend amount of the previous year by 3 Euro cents, or almost 10 percent.
Ute Wolf and Prof. Dr. Hermann Eul elected to the Supervisory Board
Ute Wolf was appointed to the Supervisory Board by court order from 22 April 2023 until the end of the 2024 Annual General Meeting. Her term of office as a shareholder representative on the Supervisory Board was extended by the Annual General Meeting. In addition, Dr. Manfred Puffer resigned from his position with effect from the end of the Annual General Meeting on 23 February 2024, meaning that his vacant position had to be filled. The Annual General Meeting elected Prof. Dr. Hermann Eul as a new member of the Supervisory Board.
Deloitte elected as new corporate auditor
The shareholders elected Deloitte GmbH, Munich, as auditor for the 2024 financial year. The tender process had been carried out as part of the legally required rotation.
Detailed information on the 2024 Infineon Technologies AG Annual General Meeting, including the voting results for the individual agenda items, is available at www.infineon.com/agm, together with the recorded speeches of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer.
Original – Infineon Technologies
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LATEST NEWS / PRODUCT & TECHNOLOGY / Si2 Min Read
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation has added DTMOSVI(HSD), power MOSFETs with high-speed diodes suitable for switching power supplies, including data centers and photovoltaic power conditioners, to its latest-generation DTMOSVI series with a super junction structure. Shipments of the first two products “TK042N65Z5” and “TK095N65Z5,” 650V N-channel power MOSFETs in TO-247 packages, start today.
The new products use high-speed diodes to improve the reverse recovery characteristics important for bridge circuit and inverter circuit applications. Against the standard DTMOSVI, they achieve a 65% reduction in reverse recovery time (trr), and an 88% reduction in reverse recovery charge (Qrr) (measurement conditions: -dIDR/dt= 100A/μs).
The DTMOSVI(HSD) process used in the new products improves on the reverse recovery characteristics of Toshiba’s DTMOSIV series with high-speed diodes (DTMOSIV(HSD)), and has a lower drain cut-off current at high temperatures. The figure of merit “drain-source On-resistance × gate-drain charges” is also lower. The high temperature drain cut-off current of TK042N65Z5 is approximately 90% lower, and the drain-source On-resistance × gate-drain charge 72% lower, than in Toshiba’s current TK62N60W5.
This advance will cut equipment power loss and help to improve efficiency. The TK042N65Z5 shows a maximum improvement in power supply efficiency over the current TK62N60W5 of about 0.4%, as measured in a 1.5kW LLC circuit.
A reference design, “1.6 kW Server Power Supply (Upgraded)”, that uses TK095N65Z5 is available on Toshiba’s website today. The company also offers tools that support circuit design for switching power supplies. Alongside the G0 SPICE model, which verifies circuit function in a short time, highly accurate G2 SPICE models that accurately reproduce transient characteristics are now available.
Toshiba plans to expand the DTMOSVI(HSD) line-up with the release of devices in TO-220 and TO-220SIS through-hole packages, and TOLL and DFN 8×8 surface-mount packages.
The company also will continue to expand its line-up of the DTMOSVI series beyond the already released 650V and 600V products and the new products with high-speed diodes. This will enhance switching power supply efficiency, contributing to energy-saving equipment.
Original – Toshiba
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SwissSEM received JD Energy 2023 Outstanding Contribution Award. The Outstanding Contribution Award harvested in 2023 is not only JD Energy’s affirmation of SwissSEM’s product performance and service quality, but also demonstrates its confidence in SwissSEM’s future development. SwissSEM will continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with customers, and strive to the international first-class level of domestic boutique power semiconductors, to help China’s new energy industry take off.
JD Energy is a company founded in 2018, relying on Xi’an Jiaotong University, jointly founded by industry-renowned power electronics technology experts and a group of senior engineers with more than 10 years of development experience. JD Energy is committed to technical research and product development of core equipment in advanced energy storage systems, contributing industry-leading solutions to promote large-scale clean energy access and achieve global carbon neutrality goals, which is a key partner of SwissSEM.
Since 2022, SwissSEM has been a supplier to JD Energy, supplying 1200V ED-type modules to it in bulk for use in the energy storage converter, and has achieved a high product share in 2023. According to JD Energy’s feedback, SwissSEM’s module products are of excellent quality, with outstanding consistency and reliability, thoughtful after-sales technical support services, quick response time, and are trustworthy and excellent suppliers.
The Outstanding Contribution Award harvested in 2023 is not only JD Energy’s affirmation of SwissSEM’s product performance and service quality, but also demonstrates its confidence in SwissSEM’s future development. SwissSEM will continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with customers, and strive to the international first-class level of domestic boutique power semiconductors, to help China’s new energy industry take off.
Original – SwissSEM