Articles by Infineon Technologies, El Segundo, Calif.

Infineon and Panasonic to jointly develop GaN power devices

Infineon Technologies AG and Panasonic Corp. have announced an agreement under which both companies will jointly develop Gallium nitride (GaN) devices based on Panasonic’s normally-off (enhancement mode) GaN on silicon transistor structure integrated into Infineon’s surface-mounted device (SMD) packages. In this context Panasonic has provided Infineon with a license of its normally-off GaN transistor structure. This agreement will enable each company to manufacture high performing GaN devices. Customers will have the added advantage of having two possible sources for compatible packaged GaN power switches: a setup not available for any other GaN on silicon device so far.


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Infineon drives next generation cellular M2M communication

Infineon Technologies AG, a leading provider of hardware-based security for cellular M2M communications, announced its new SLM 97 and SLI 97 security controller families. The new products stand out with unique features required for M2M communication in industrial as well as automotive applications such as emergency call (eCall) and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication.


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