Electronics Weekly

GaN power transistors on standard PCB

Gallium nitride power transistor maker GaN Systems has issued an application note showing how to use its novel GaNPX packaging on FR4 PCBs. GaNPX is a package in which the die is embedded within ...
Electronic Design

Paralleled GaN Transistors Boost Converter Power Up to 100kW

Characteristics of enhancement-mode (e-mode) GaN, such as positive temperature coefficient of RDS(ON) and a temperature-independent threshold voltage, make them excellent candidates for paralleling.
Hackaday

Transistor Logic Clock Has 777 Transistors

Sometimes, the parts list says it all. 777 transistors, 1223 resistors, 136 LEDs, 455 crimp connectors, 41 protoboards and 500 grams of solder. That’s what went into this transistor logic clock build.
Electronics Weekly

Mentor’s CEO has designs on 40bn transistor chip

Wally Rhines, CEO of Mentor Graphics, reckons the semiconductor industry is on a learning curve that will result in ICs with 40 billion transistors by 2018. The question he asks is: how will design ...