Munich, Germany – 12 January 2023 – Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) is extending its cooperation with silicon carbide (SiC) suppliers. The German-based semiconductor manufacturer has signed a new multi-year-supply and cooperation agreement with Resonac Corporation (formerly Showa Denko K.K.), complementing and expanding the announcement of 2021. The new set of contracts will…
Showa Denko and Infineon Technologies Conclude Supply Contract and Development Agreement
TOKYO, May 6, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; TSE:4004) has concluded a two-year contract including optional extension clauses with Infineon Technologies AG (Infineon), a German semiconductor manufacturer providing semiconductor solutions for automotive and industrial use worldwide, to sell SiC materials for power semiconductors and cooperatively develop SiC materials technology.
SDK expects the contract will enable Infineon to apply SDK SiC materials to various power semiconductor products and the two companies to accelerate improvement in quality of products by bringing together the two companies knowledge.
Due to the homogeneity in properties[1] and low density of surface defects[2], SDK SiC epi-wafers materials, which were launched into the market in 2009, have been adopted by electronic device manufacturers as parts of various devices including power supply for servers of