32 news items tagged silicon carbide
Power diode and MOSFET makers see lead times extend
Thursday 21 January 2021Taiwan-based power diode and MOSFET makers including Panjt International and Taiwan Semiconductor have seen delivery lead times extended to as long as six months due mainly to tight...
Prices to rise 5-10% for automotive power module leadframes
Tuesday 19 January 2021Taiwan leadframe makers are likely to raise quotes for leadframes for packaging automotive chips and power modules by 5-10% to reflect increased material costs amid increasing demand...
SiC components to fill 25% of automotive power semiconductor by 2025, says Digitimes Research
Wednesday 6 January 2021SiC (silicon carbide) components pomise great potentials in EV applications, and are expected to account for 25% of automotive power semiconductor by 2025, according to Digitimes...
GaN-on-SiC application to 5G base stations ramping up in US, Europe
Monday 28 December 2020Vendors in the US and Europe are ramping up application of third-generation semiconductor materials including SiC (silicon carbide) and GaN to 5G base stations and EVs, according...
China moving to prevent blind investment in third-generation semiconductors
Monday 28 December 2020China plans to invest big to build its homegrown third-generation compound semiconductors sector, but is also moving to prevent blind investments by Chinese players, asking them to...
Two major GaN-on-SiC production camps forming in Taiwan
Monday 21 September 2020Taiwan-based solar module maker Tainergy Tech reportedly has sent samples of its newly developed semi-insulating SiC (silicon carbide) substrates for validation by GaAs foundry specialist...
China makers gearing up SiC substrate production for EVs
Wednesday 2 September 2020China is aggressively building its own SiC components supply chain for EV and other emerging applications, and as many as 14 makers are engaged in the development and production of...
Diode makers keen on developing SiC, IGBT power devices for EVs
Wednesday 2 September 2020Automotive diode demand has started picking up since July after staying stagnant for months, and Taiwanese makers are stepping up deployments in IGBT and SiC power components seeking...
Episil sources GaN, SiC epitaxial wafer materials from GlobalWafers
Thursday 20 August 2020Episil Holdings has disclosed that subsidiary Episil-Precision is among GlobalWafers' customers looking to expand its gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial wafer...
GaN and SiC power semiconductor market evolving, says Omdia
Tuesday 28 July 2020The emerging market for silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors is rapidly evolving from a startup-dominated business to one led by large-established...
GaN and SiC power semiconductor markets set to pass US$1 billion mark in 2021, says Omdia
Thursday 2 July 2020The emerging market for silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors is forecast to pass US$1 billion in 2021, energized by demand from hybrid & electric...
Chinese EV devices maker Leadrive teams up with Rohm Semi to set up SiC lab
Monday 29 June 2020China-based Leadrive Technology, specializing in third-generation semiconductor power modules for electric vehicles, has teamed up with Japan's IDM Rohm Semiconductor to set up an...
Rohm, STMicro strike SiC wafer supply deal
Thursday 16 January 2020STMicroelectronics has signed a multi-year silicon carbide (SiC) wafers supply agreement with SiCrystal, a ROHM group company, according to the companies.
ST closes acquisition of silicon carbide wafer specialist Norstel AB
Thursday 5 December 2019STMicroelectronics has announced the closing of the full acquisition of Swedish silicon carbide (SiC) wafer manufacturer Norstel AB. ST exercised its option to acquire the remaining...
GlobalWafers new fab in Korea to mass produce 12-inch wafer in 3Q20
Monday 25 November 2019GlobalWafers has disclosed it has inaugurated the second plant of its wholly-owned subsidiary MEMC Korea Company (MKC), which is scheduled to start volume production of 12-inch silicon...
Cree and STMicroelectronics expand silicon carbide wafer supply agreement
Thursday 21 November 2019Cree and STMicroelectronics have announced the expansion and extension of an existing multi-year, long-term silicon carbide wafer supply agreement to more than US$500 million. The...
Quotes for SiC substrates may fall by over 20% in 2020
Tuesday 1 October 2019Silicon carbide (SiC) substrate quotes are likely to fall by over 20% in 2020 due to constant capacity expansions at major suppliers and impacts of the US-China tariff war, according...
Cree to build silicon carbide device manufacturing facility in New York
Wednesday 25 September 2019Cree has announced plans to build a new automotive-qualified 200mm power and RF wafer fabrication facility in Marcy, New York, complemented by its mega materials factory expansion...
Japan vendor reportedly seeking to sell automotive IGBT production lines
Friday 17 May 2019A Japan-based vendor reportedly is looking for a buyer for its automotive IGBT manufacturing lines from among makers in Taiwan and China, according to industry sources.
MA-tek revving up organic IC materials analysis to tap 5G opportunities
Wednesday 3 April 2019Taiwan's Materials Analysis Technology (MA-tek), after gaining a solid presence in the silicon-based materials analysis business, is aggressively venturing into the analysis market...
Infineon CoolGaN solutions adopted for data center applications
Wednesday 5 December 2018Infineon Technologies has recently released its CoolGaN devices, which have attracted orders from Eltek, a Delta Electronics Group company, for datacenter and server applications,...
IDMs keen to develop advanced power devices with SiC, GaN
Monday 1 October 2018International IDMs including STMicrolectronics, Infineon and TI are aggressively developing power devices using third-generation compound semiconductor materials silicon carbide (SiC)...
Wafer thinning needed to boost silicon power devices performance
Monday 3 September 2018Wafer thinning technology is expected to play an increasingly crucial role in Taiwan's power discrete device supply chain, as the technology can work well to lower resistance and...
X-Fab to double 6-inch SiC foundry capacity
Friday 31 August 2018X-Fab has announced plans to double their 6-inch silicon carbide (SiC) process capacity at its fab in Lubbock, Texas in response to increased customer demand for high-efficiency power...
Chengdu Xingu eyes annual revenues of CNY200 billion by 2030
Thursday 7 June 2018Chengdu Xingu Industrial Parks, a mega complex located in Shuangliu District of the largest city in the midwestern area of China, is moving at full throttles to build semiconductor...