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Eliminating the Laptop Charging Brick
Institute faculty member's start-up says gallium nitride could make power electronics more efficient.
Date: 02/24/2011
Type: Article
Technologies: Materials, Computing and Networks, Electronics
Tags: conversion loss, cooling systems, Gallium Nitride, power consumption, power converters, semiconductors, Transphorm, UCSB, waste heat
Institute faculty member Umesh Mishra.
Institute Faculty Member's Startup Backed by Google Ventures
Institute faculty member Umesh Mishra's start-up company, Transphorm, has come up with a set of chips that could substantially curb power consumption in computers, electric cars, motors and other appliances.
Date: 02/23/2011
Type: Article
Technologies: Computing and Networks
Tags: conversion loss, Gallium Nitride, power consumption, power converters, semiconductors, Transphorm, UCSB, waste heat
white light LED
The Great White Hope for White LEDs: Zinc Oxide
Startup EcoSpark believes it can produce a white light LED using zinc oxide. Unlike blue, gallium nitride LEDs, EcoSpark's bulb doesn't require any phosphorus coating to achieve white light, making the device cheaper and more efficient.
Date: 11/12/2010
Type: Article
Technologies: Lighting & Displays
Tags: energy efficient lighting, Gallium Nitride, LEDs, nanowires, Zinc Oxide
Lighting Revolution Forecast By Top Scientist
With a little more fundamental research, Gallium Nitride LEDs could spark a lighting revolution, reducing lighting electricity use by 75%.
Date: 07/22/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Lighting & Displays
Tags: Gallium Nitride, GaN, LED, light emitting diode, lighting

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