SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France – April 30, 2021 | Why investigate the power module intellectual property (IP) landscape in 2021? – As a result of the boom in electric vehicles (EV/HEV applications) and the growing adoption of wide bandgap (WBG) technologies – especially silicon carbide (SiC) – for power electronics applications, the power module industry faces[…]
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France – October 26, 2020 | On October 16, 2020, STMicroelectronics announced the acquisition of a French fabless company, SOMOS Semiconductor (“SOMOS”), specialized in RF power amplifiers (PA) and RF front-end modules (FEM) based on the mainstream complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology (Press release). The acquisition is expected to strengthen STMicroelectronics’ position in[…]
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France – September 14, 2020 | Aledia was spun off from Cea-Leti in 2011 to develop a disruptive 3D LED technology based on the standard 200-mm Si platform, which would shrink the cost per chip in comparison with the conventional 2D LED technology. Earlier this year, the startup announced its plan to build[…]
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France – July 22, 2020 | On July 8th, 2020, Allos Semiconductors disclosed a deal with Azur Space, a company specializing in the development and production of multi-junction solar cells, to sell its GaN RF and power electronics business, in a view to focus on its GaN-on-Si micro LED epiwafer technology for up[…]