Wolfspeed challenges Navitas over GaN and SiC patent boundaries

Wolfspeed challenges Navitas over GaN and SiC patent boundaries

Wolfspeed's patent lawsuit against Navitas Semiconductor has opened a new front in the wide-bandgap power chip race, extending the legal fight across both gallium nitride and silicon carbide just as AI data centers, EVs and energy infrastructure raise the value of power-device IP.

Wolfspeed files patent infringement lawsuit against Navitas

Products accused of infringement encompass major product lines of Navitas, including its GaN-based FETs — such as the GaNFast®, GaNSlim™, and GaNSafe® product families — as well as Navitas's GeneSiC™ MOSFETs and SiCPAK® modules. Navitas has refuted the allegations.