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VisIC and ZF partner on R&D effort to develop EV inverter based on GaN semiconductor technology; focus on 400V

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ZF Friedrichshafen AG and Israel-based VisIC Technologies Ltd., D 3 GaN technology has been shown to reduce the power losses by at least 50% while benefiting from the high-yield, low-cost proprietary design of GaN transistors. It is definitely the next step for the automotive electrical driveline.

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New Electrostatic Nanocapacitors Offer High Power and High Energy Density

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Our primary target is as part of a hybrid battery-capacitor system for electric cars. Lee and Rubloff emphasize that they are developing the technology for mass production as layers of devices that could look like thin panels, similar to solar panels or the flat panel displays we see everywhere, manufactured at low cost.

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