SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France – November 29, 2023 │ Gallium nitride (GaN) power devices were successfully adopted in several power applications, starting with lateral GaN devices. Following the release of its new GaN electronics IP report, KnowMade discusses the status of vertical GaN device technology in the power GaN patent landscape. With the potential to overcome[…]
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France – June 06, 2023 │ Since 2015, the number of new inventions for artificial intelligence applications focused on memory hardware has been booming. Here we look at the non-volatile memories, which are intensively investigated by semiconductor companies. Numerous patent applications relate to device fabrication, system architecture, selectors, and testing, and address major[…]
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France – February 02, 2023 │ KnowMade introduces two newcomers from China (MEMSonics and EPICMEMS) who appear to be strengthening their intellectual property in RF technology. What do their patents reveal? MEMSonics and EPICMEMS: two good examples of rising RF front-end IP players For ten years, China has been the patenting activity hub[…]
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France – January 26, 2023 │KnowMade explains the critical role of intellectual property (IP) in the next decade of the power SiC market. In the escalating tech war between US and China over semiconductors, Wolfspeed is the main US player in the way of the rising Chinese SiC industry. The EV market: a[…]