Designers of electronic systems are challenged to provide circuits with improved efficiency and the ability to handle greater currents and higher voltages while reducing current leakage and decreasing ...

Osram Opto Semiconductors has introduced the first compact laser multi-chip package. The PLPM4 450 module can pack up to 20 blue laser chips into a single "butterfly" package for projection ...

With up to 20 blue laser chips packed into a single package for projection applications, compact laser module doubles the optical output of the individual chips, resulting in an overall blue light ...

Infineon is sampling a 6.5 kV power module that features IGBT and freewheeling diode functionality integrated into a single chip. This RCDC (Reverse Conducting IGBT with Diode Control) chip is for ...

An opto-based microchip implemented in standard CMOS technology has made it possible to develop a new type of on-chip functionality which combines normal ASIC technology with optical filters on the ...

IXYS ICD (formerly Clare, Inc) would like to highlight its 100V diode bridge chips, the CPC7556 and CPC7557, manufactured with IXYS ICD’s high voltage SOI technology, which it introduced earlier this ...

A new diode looks set to steal the humble LED's thunder. Dubbed a diode for light, and crafted using standard silicon chip fabrication techniques, this is a key discovery that will pave the path to ...

JDSU’s new 2495-L3 series laser diodes offer 4W of power at 808 nm - twice the available power from previous generations of fibre-coupled single-emitter laser diodes. Distributed by Photonic Solutions ...

Diodes has introduced an active OR’ing controller chip which it claims can be used to replace heat-dissipating blocking diodes with high efficiency mosfets. The aim is to offer cooler running and ...

Researchers at MIT have filled in a crucial piece of the puzzle that could enable the creation of photonic chips on the standard silicon material that forms the basis for most of today’s electronics ...