TranSiC News
 

• 8 August 2008 TranSiC offers various  altenatives for discrete packaging of BitSiC-based components, TO-220, TO-247, TO-258 (metal) and also offers additional SiC Schottkydiodes in the same package.
   
• 1 July 2008 TranSiC hires Bo Andersson as CEO. Bo has a long experience as CEO in companies e.g. Ericsson Microelectronics.
   
• 24 June 2008 Industrifonden, Volvo Technology Transfer and Midroc New Technology invest together a total of € 2.6 M in TranSiC. For more info www.industrifonden.se/in_english/news/archive/industrifonden_invests_in_transic.asp
   
• 1 June 2008 TranSiC offers engineering samples of 6 A half bridges.
   
• 6 May  2008 TranSiC releases an engineering sample of BitSiC0620 in a TO-220 package, 20 A and 600 V.
   
• 15 December 2007 TranSiC move from 3 inch to 4 inch silicon carbide processing.
   
• 15 December 2007 Arkansas Power Electronic International  Inc, USA successfully finished +550 Celsius testing of TranSiC's BitSiC1206
   
• 16 November 2007 TranSiC hires Mr. Jan-Olof Svedberg as Silicon Carbide processing engineer. Mr Svedberg has more than 10 years experience of silicon carbide processing and came from Cree Sweden AB.
   
• 14 November 2007 TranSiC releases the first "normally-off"  Switching Power Transistor in Silicon Carbide. Available as chip, on DBC-substrate or in TO-220 package as engineering samples
   
• 6 November TranSiC-Acreo- KTH presents the jointly developed all Silicon CArbide Power Module with power transistor and SiC Schottky diode n one DCB-module.
   
• 6 November 2007 TranSiC-Acreo-KTH invites industry to a full day seminar  "Power Components in Silicon Carbide" in Kista.
   
• 1 October 2007 hired Dr Muhammad Nawas as VP Measurement and Qualification. Dr Nawaz came from Infineon.
   
• 19 April 2007 TranSiC was selected by Mr M Wood , US ambassador in Sweden to be one of the 30 most interesting "Clean Tech" companies to present at Stanford in the US for US based investors. TranSiC became a part of the "One Big Thing" program.
   
• 26 Feb 2007 Jan Tufvesson industry veteran was appointed TranSiC's Chairman of the Board
   
• 20 Feb 2007 TranSiC joins the European Center for Power Electronics, ECPE.
   
• 14 Feb 2007 TranSiC receives a € 0,33 M over 3 years financial support from VINNOVA and Swedish Energy Agency together with KTH and Acreo with a total of € 1,4M to develop high temperature packaging and modules, next generation of Bipolar Power Transistors  and Power MOSFET in Silicon Carbide.
   
• 10 November 2006 TranSiC raises € 0,44 M with first-round financing from Volvo Technology Transfer and Midroc New Tecknology. [Read more]
   
• 5 November  2006. Read about TranSiC and Silicon Carbide Semiconductors in Control Engineering Magazine.
   
• 10 September 2006 TranSiC gets a "Labb check" worth 300.000 SEK from STING to be used in the Electrum laboratory for processing.
   
• 10 April 2006 TranSiC gets funding from NUTEK and Innovationsbron to continue development of BitSiC for higher current ratings.
   
• 21 Dec 2005 read about TranSiC in Power Electronics Europe issue 8
   
• 10 Dec 2005 TranSiC gets financing from The Swedish Energy Agency, Statens Energimyndighet, to develop and bring the the Bipolar Silicon Carbide Power Transistor to the market. Stem
   
• 05 Dec 2005 TranSiC gets funding from Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems, VINNOVA
   
• 23 Nov 2005 read about TranSiCs focus on SiC power transistors for next generation of hybrid cars in the swedish  magazine Ny Teknik.
   
• 18 Nov 2005 read about TranSiC, the new swedish SiC-company in the swedish magazine Elektronik i Norden.
   
• 10 Nov 2005 read about TranSiC, the spin-of from KTH in the swedish magazine Elektroniktidningen
   
• 1 Nov 2005 TranSiC signs up with Stockholm Innovation & Growth, STING, Kista an incubator with strong focus on high tech start ups in the very early stage.  Stockholminnovation
   
• 28 Oct 2005 TranSiC is founded by Bo Hammarlund, Mikael Östling and Martin Domeij