Gallium nitride (GaN) is breaking out in the world of power electronics. GaN stands out for its superior physical properties, including high electron mobility, wide bandgap, and high thermal ...

Topological materials promise electronics that are faster, cooler, and far more robust, but until now they have mostly behaved like fixed, exotic curiosities rather than tunable components. That ...

Switching has almost always meant “hard" switching, which is simple but comes with all kinds of electrical and thermal stresses. Soft switching employs more sophisticated design to reduce stresses and ...

University of British Columbia scientists have demonstrated a reversible way to switch the topological state of a quantum material. The figure images show the transition from gapless nodal loop (dark ...

Continental has been granted a patent for a method of switching electronic components using pulse-width modulation signals. The method controls output signals through control signals, adjusting them ...

Light-activated switch could bridge the gap between optical and electronic communications. Conventional computer processors have pretty much maxed out their “clock speeds” — a measurement of how fast ...

Electromagnetic interference (EMI) is a pervasive challenge in the realm of modern electronics, influencing the performance, reliability and compliance of numerous devices. As industries continue to ...

Electronic air-pressure regulation beats out mechanical methods. Regulated compressed air is widely used in industry for a number of reasons, safety from electrocution being just one of them. A ...