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This article details photoluminescence techniques for evaluating GaN, highlighting their role in identifying defects and ...

Gallium nitride (GaN) is an ideal material for applications requiring high switching speeds and minimal power losses. While ...

Chargers may not be terribly exciting, but they are incredibly important for keeping you connected to the digital world. A new development in recent years has made the best charging accessories more ...

From the heart of Silicon Valley comes a new buzzword. Gallium nitride is the future of power technology. Tech blogs are touting gallium nitride as the silicon of the future, and you are savvy enough ...

Umesh Mishra, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), has teamed up with his old mentor and dissertation advisor at Cornell, Lester ...

Gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors can now be grown without ammonia, a toxic chemical that needs a sophisticated detoxifying system before it can be released into the atmosphere. The new technique ...

String inverters based on gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors could represent a valid alternative to devices based on silicon (Si) or silicon carbide (SiC) in the future if the industry manages to ...

New advances in transistor technology could make the light-emitting diode (LED) the commercial light source of the future. Although known for long life and low energy consumption, the LED uses a DC ...

Navitas develops gallium nitride power chips for electronics makers worldwide, focusing on energy efficiency and compact ...

Chargers using gallium nitride are starting to enter the market, capable of delivering high quantities of power to devices while staying a reasonable size, and even taking up less space than ...

Anker has debuted its tiny new power brick, and the company is crediting its small size with the component it uses instead of silicon: gallium nitride (GaN). It’s the latest example of the growing ...