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7 October 2026

China comprises majority of new RF GaN patent families in Q2/2026, says KnowMade

Latest RF GaN Technology Patent Monitor finds over 30 new entrants, mostly Chinese

7 October 2026

Monolithic III-N complementary logic

Researchers claim record 154.1V/V maximum voltage gain, 10.4ns/stage RO delay, and first 6T-SRAM.

7 October 2026

Power GaN patenting in Q2/2026 led by industrial assignees, reports KnowMade

Chinese universities maintained strong presence in GaN power device innovation

7 October 2026

Mivium demonstrates commercially viable production of phase-pure h-GaN nanoparticles

GaN thin-film deposition from proprietary submicron powder platform also being developed

7 October 2026

Navitas completes acquisition of Claros, extending AI infrastructure power delivery portfolio from grid to xPU

Integrated voltage regulator technology enables vertical and embedded architectures

6 October 2026

Skyworks completes combination with Qorvo

Expanded technology portfolio spans RF, power management, and analog and mixed-signal

6 October 2026

Renesas adds first 100V E-mode FETs to low-voltage GaN portfolio

New power transistor family delivers up to 35% lower hard-switching and 63% lower soft-switching figures-of-merit

6 October 2026

SawStreet joins WIN Alliance Partner Program

Backend specialist provides additional US source for wafer grinding, thinning, dicing, pick-and-place and die inspection

6 October 2026

Greece’s METLEN signs second long-term commercial gallium supply agreement

Japanese chemical customer to take 16% of scheduled annual production starting Q3/2027

5 October 2026

Navitas and Microchip collaborate on 800V reference design for AI data centers

Digital power control, GaN technology and hardware-based security combined to accelerate development of high-efficiency rack power systems based on 800V DC OCP standard

5 October 2026

Cardiff Capital Region’s £160m 10-year Investment Zone program moving into delivery

Program to build on South-East Wales’ compound semiconductor cluster

5 October 2026

Far-UVC LEDs transmit data at record speed of 1.5Gbps

FBH-developed far-UVC LEDs used by universities of Strathclyde and Cambridge to build and test optical wireless communication system

1 October 2026

Intrinsic polarization superjunctions

Lateral iPSJ diodes and transistors achieve highest V_BR among reported GaN-on-Si devices.

18 September 2026

In-situ dry repair and passivation

ICP mesa treatment reverses size-dependence of blue and green micro-LED EQEs

10 September 2026

TMAH and passivation to boost external quantum efficiency

Efficiency of 1μm LED increased 363% after treatment.

3 September 2026

Towards full-color GaN micro-cavity LEDs

Monolithic device demonstrates 260nm wavelength range, covering almost 70% of visible spectrum

27 August 2026

Thin p-GaN ohmic contact formation

Researchers propose ultrathin magnesium deposition and brief thermal annealing to reduce resistance.

20 August 2026

Weak polarization electric-field c-plane GaN LEDs

Researchers achieve 15% EQE in manufacturable structure.