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Nexperia expands its wide bandgap semiconductor offering with Silicon Carbide (SiC) diodes
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experia, the expert in essential semiconductors, is entering the high-power Silicon Carbide (SiC) diodes market with the introduction of 650 V, 10 A SiC Schottky diodes. This is a strategic move for Nexperia, already a trusted supplier of efficient power Gallium Nitride (GaN) FETs, to expand its high-voltage wide bandgap semiconductor device offering. Nexperia’s first SiC Schottky diode is an industrial-grade device with 650 V repetitive peak reverse voltage (VRRM) and 10 A continuous forward current (IF), designed to combine ultra-high performance and high efficiency with low energy loss in power conversion applications. Providing the added benefit of a high-voltage compliant real 2-pin (R2P) package with higher creepage distance,
it is available in a choice of surface mount (DPAK R2P and D2PAK R2P) or through-hole (TO-220-2, TO-247-2) devices. Engineering samples are available on request with a full product release planned for the second quarter of 2022.
Nexperia plans to continuously increase its portfolio of SiC diodes, which will lead to a total of 72 products operating at voltage levels of 650 V and 1200 V and with currents in the range of 6-20 A.
Mark Roeloffzen, general manager of the Bipolar Discretes Group at Nexperia, said: “Wide bandgap semiconductors like Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide are now well placed to meet the stringent needs of high- volume applications, bringing the promise of higher efficiency, greater power density, lower
system cost and reduced operating costs for original equipment manufacturers. Nexperia’s diverse portfolio of SiC diodes will bring greater choice and availability to this market.” Nexperia’s SiC Schottky diodes initially
Electronic components shortage to continue until 2023, at least
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upplyframe, an intelligence platform for the global electronics value chain, has unveiled the results of its latest Commodity Intelligence Quarterly (CIQ) Report that provides an overview of market dynamics in the electronics industry. CIQ is derived from the insights and expertise of industry leaders and Supplyframe DSI Network partners including more than 500 companies across the electronics value chain. “Since the beginning of the year, the shortage of semiconductors and other electronic components has caused turmoil not only among manufacturers, but also among all the players in the supply chain, right up to retailers and the end user consumers who are unable to purchase certain products,” Supplyframe said. “Products are running out of stock and on the shelves, production lines are slowing down or even coming to a halt, and sales are plummeting for many products, particularly in the consumer electronics, mobile phone and automotive sectors.” Unfortunately, the scarcity of parts is not expected to end in the near term, according to Supplyframe. New surges in coronavirus infections and the Suez Canal blockage have also played a huge part in extending the shortage. According to the CIQ report, shortages will persist through 2022 and equilibrium between supply and demand on the chip market will not occur until 2023 at the earliest. Lead time dimensions for high-risk components have risen 55 per cent quarter-on-quarter after doubling in Q3, and 66 per cent of all pricing dimensions are forecast to increase. Supplyframe added: “Production is starting to pick up, but demand is so high and the backlog of orders from manufacturers and the supply chain is so large that it’s almost impossible to answer the high and ever-growing
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target industrial and consumer applications including: switch mode power supply (SMPS), AC-DC and DC-DC converters, battery charging infrastructure, uninterruptible power supply (UPS), and photovoltaic inverters.
KIOXIA EDSFF solid state drives designed with PCIe 5.0 technology
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market demand. Furthermore, raw material and labour shortages and price hikes are prevalent, while end-market demand continues to multiply.”
Between Q2 and Q3 2021, oscillators are the electronic components that faced the biggest decrease in design (22 per cent), followed by PLDs (20 per cent) and optoelectronic devices (17 per cent).
However, when we compare the situation in Q3 2020 and Q3 2021, numbers for components design are more favourable and on the rise. Filters are the ones with the biggest increase (34 per cent year-on-year increase in design), followed by transformers (33 per cent) and connectors (30 per cent).
In terms of demand, some components are still highly requested, which has added to the bottleneck the supply chain is facing. Between Q2 and Q3 2021, the electronics components that saw the most important increase in demand are fibre optic devices (22 per cent increase), discrete devices (15 per cent) and standard logic devices (13 per cent). Looking at the year-on-year comparison, MCUs and MPUs are way ahead in terms of demand (166 per cent increase in demand Y-on-Y), followed by standard logic devices (124 per cent) and signal devices (121 per cent).
IOXIA Europe has announced what it claims is the industry’s first line-up of Enterprise and Data Centre Standard Form Factor (EDSFF) E3.S SSDs designed with PCIe 5.0 technology. The new KIOXIA CD7 E3.S Series is said to bring a new era to flash memory used in servers and storage. Building on the KIOXIA E3.S development samples that received a “Best in Show” award at last year’s Flash Memory Summit, the CD7 E3.S Series increases flash storage density per drive for optimized power efficiency and rack consolidation.
Breaking free from the design limitations of the 2.5-inch form factor, the EDSFF E3 family is optimized for the needs of high-performance, highly efficient servers and storage. EDSFF enables the next generation of SSDs to address future data centre architectures while supporting a variety of new devices and applications. It provides improved airflow and thermals, and signal integrity benefits. Support for higher E3.S power budgets than 2.5-inch form factor SSDs and better signal integrity allows EDSFF to deliver the performance promised by PCIe 5.0 technology and beyond.
KIOXIA is an active and contributing member of the industry development group of EDSFF solutions and is collaborating with leading server and storage system developers to unlock the full power of flash memory, NVMe and PCIe.
“In a time where we require storage media that can easily be adapted while optimising performance or capacity, the new KIOXIA E3.S SSDs, designed with PCIe 5.0 technology and utilising EDSFF, open up new cost saving opportunities for server and storage systems and make efficient use of flash memory chips for SSD storage density,” said Paul Rowan, vice president of the SSD marketing & engineering at KIOXIA Europe.
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