1 February 2021
Smartphone production falls a record 11% to 1.25bn units in 2020 as Huawei exits top-six
This year will see a 9% rebound to 1.36 billion units, but Huawei will fall from third biggest smartphone maker to seventh, reckons TrendForce.
1 February 2021
Optimizing silicon carbide MOSFET performance
Researchers claim a record-breaking combination of on-resistance and breakdown for power applications.
1 February 2021
Silicon carbide device market growing at 30% CAGR to over $2.5bn in 2025
The automotive sector is growing at 38% to exceed $1.5bn, says Yole.
1 February 2021
GaN for fast chargers joining SiC in power electronics market, as 5G infrastructure drives GaN RF
5G handsets and Wi-Fi 6 are powering growth in the GaAs power amplifier market for RF front-end modules, says Yole Développement.
1 February 2021
AlPN vapor phase epitaxy on gallium nitride
Potential for high-electron-mobility transistors and distributed Bragg reflectors.
1 February 2021
Indium gallium nitride laser with n-type ridge on silicon
An inverted diode structure has been shown to slash Joule heating and boost thermal management.
1 February 2021
Displaced misfits boost QD laser on silicon
Researchers see performance improvements comparable to order-of-magnitude reductions in threading dislocations.
1 February 2021
III–V photovoltaics for dust-sized IoT devices
Higher power density than all prior micro-PVs on silicon and silicon-on-insulator.