A conventional low-voltage silicon diode has a forward voltage drop of about 0.7V and a relatively low maximum reverse voltage, for example with the 1N4001 rectifier it’s 50V.

Power Integrations Automotive-Qualified Qspeed Silicon Diodes Feature Lowest Qrr for Efficient, High-Switching-Speed Designs. These 600 V 12 A diodes can replace SiC components in automotive ...

MALVERN, PA — Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) has announced the launch of 16 new 650 V and 1200 V silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky diodes, designed for high-frequency applications where ...

Ahead of the upcoming APEC Conference, Global Power Device, Inc. (GPD) announced a new line of Silicon Carbide (SiC) diodes that delivers ultra-high performance at prices that are competitive with ...

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 ...

The Diode Inside: How Infineon’s Integrated Schottky Saves Power There are some tradeoffs to this architecture, which Infineon is trying to address with its latest GaN power transistor.

With simultaneous optical and electrical excitations, we experimentally demonstrate an active diode for the terahertz waves consisting of a graphene–silicon hybrid film.

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) has introduced a new series of advanced silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky diodes aimed at boosting efficiency in high-speed, hard-switching power systems. The ...

A new technique for creating pipes and tunnels deep inside silicon chips could change the way engineers make microfluidic machines and optoelectronic devices.

Generation of random numbers by measuring phase fluctuations from a laser diode with a silicon-on-in Millimeter-scale chip uses less power to create quantum random numbers at high speeds Date ...

Power Integrations has announced a 600V 12A diode with a typical reverse recovery charge (Qrr) of 14nC at 25°C, claiming this as an industry best. “The Qrr of these new Qspeed diodes is half that of ...

Silicon light-emitting diodes (LED) show light emission at the bandgap energy of silicon with efficiencies approaching those of standard III–V emitters: 0.1% for planar devices (our Letter) and ...