Inside Electronics

With the advance of wide-bandgap power semiconductors in the marketplace, many are starting to feel that the time is getting short for silicon-based power electronics. However, the fundamental structure of the silicon power MOSFET remained largely unchanged, and there is still a window of opportunity to develop next-generation devices that can leverage the maturity and expertise of the silicon processing industry. 

One such company, iDEAL Semiconductor, has redefined the legacy structure with its SuperQ advanced REduced SURface Field (RESURF) Silicon Power MOSFET architecture.

Enterprise and Data Center SSD Form Factors (EDSFF) include E1 and E3 that have supplanted the conventional M.2 and 2.5-in form factors like U.2 in high end servers. M.2 slots are often found on motherboards but server removable drives are now dominated by EDSFF that support the latest PCI Express-based NVMe interfaces that provide massive throughput. In this episode, Sebastien Jean, Chief Technology Officer at Phison Electronics, about the history and evolution of drive form factors and how flash memory has changed the form factor design.

For more than six decades, Cinch Connectivity Solutions has addressed the demanding requirements of applications such as space exploration, delivering reliable, cost-effective solutions by leveraging its global team of expert engineers, manufacturing, and sales support. Cinch Connectivity Solutions’ CIN::APSE provides high-reliability, high-performance solderless, high-density interconnects for board-to-board, flex-to-board, and component-to-board applications.

This episode of Inside Electronics explores how a “power renaissance” is reshaping electronic design, with capacitors playing a central role. Host Alix Paultre speaks with Eduardo Drehmer, VP of Product Marketing at TDK Electronics, about rising power demands from AI, data centers, and electric vehicles, and how this pushes efficiency, thermal management, and reliability to the forefront.

Alix and Eduardo explain how multilayer ceramic, aluminum electrolytic, and film capacitors each evolve to manage higher voltages, large surge currents, and harsh automotive environments while maintaining long lifetimes.

They also highlight TDK’s broad portfolio, from board-level MLCCs to capacitors used in fusion power projects and discuss how automotive reliability standards now influence industrial designs. The discussion closes on global manufacturing, supply stability, and safety challenges in EV batteries, with TDK and DigiKey partnering to make the latest capacitor technologies widely accessible.

The Greater Sacramento Economic Council (GSEC) recently spent time in Europe visiting various cities and attending major trade shows in Germany to build bridges and expand contacts in the electronics industry. In this podcast, we talk to Troels Adrian, EVP of the Greater Sacramento Economic Council, about the council’s efforts as well as some of their success stories.