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Third edition of GaN textbook focuses on power conversion applications

October 1, 2019 By Aimee Kalnoskas Leave a Comment

Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) announce the publication of the third edition of “GaN Transistors for Efficient Power Conversion,” a textbook written by power conversion industry experts and published by John Wiley and Sons. This textbook is designed to provide power system design engineering students, as well as practicing engineers, basic technical and application-focused information […]

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Low-cost GaN FETs to be incorporated into 250 W wireless power platforms

September 3, 2019 By Aimee Kalnoskas Leave a Comment

EPC announces collaboration with Solace Power, a leading wireless power, sense and data company, to enable 250-watt wireless power solutions designed for 5G, aerospace, automotive, medical, and industrial applications. Solace Power’s intelligent wireless platform use EPC’s 200 V enhancement-mode gallium nitride (eGaN) power transistors. This modular platform shares the same Equus architecture and enables up to […]

Filed Under: Power Electronic Tips Tagged With: efficientpowerconversioncorporation, solacepower

eGaN power devices now available in wafer form

June 3, 2019 By Aimee Kalnoskas Leave a Comment

EPC announces the availability of their enhancement-mode gallium nitride (GaN) devices in wafer form for ease of integration. EPC’s eGaN FETs and ICs are traditionally sold as singular chip-scale devices with solder bars or solder bumps. Chip-scale packaging is a more efficient form of packaging that reduces the resistance, inductance, size, thermal impedance, and cost […]

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GaN power devices, Part 2: Application

May 27, 2019 By Bill Schweber Leave a Comment

GaN power devices

Part 1 of this FAQ explored the basics of GaN switching transistors at the device and physics level. This part will look at driving and applying GaN devices. Q: What do I need to know to use a GaN device? A: There are three functional blocks associated with power switching: the power-device driver, the power […]

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GaN power devices, Part 1: Principles

May 23, 2019 By Bill Schweber Leave a Comment

GaN power devices

Power devices based on gallium nitride (GaN) are rapidly becoming a viable, higher-performance alternative to silicon MOSFETs due to their higher efficiency and other favorable attributes. In recent years, discrete power-switching and power-handling devices based on gallium nitride (GaN) material have become practical and available, and these devices are now found in many power supplies […]

Filed Under: FAQ, Featured, Power Electronic Tips Tagged With: basics, efficientpowerconversioncorporation, FAQ, gansystemsinc, texasinstrumentsinc, transphorm

eGaN FET gets automotive AEC Q101 qualification

April 16, 2019 By Aimee Kalnoskas Leave a Comment

AEC Q101 eGaN FET

EPC announces successful AEC Q101 qualification of the 80 V EPC2214 designed for lidar systems in the automotive industry and other harsh environments. eGaN technology has been in mass production for over nine years, accumulating billions of hours of successful field experience in automotive applications, such as lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) and radar for […]

Filed Under: Applications, Automotive/Transportation, Power Electronic Tips Tagged With: efficientpowerconversioncorporation, EPC

Powering graphics processors from a 48-V bus

March 4, 2019 By Lee Teschler Leave a Comment

New converter topologies and power transistors promise to reduce the size and boost the efficiency of supplies that will run next-generation AI platforms. Alex Lidow | Efficient Power Conversion Artificial Intelligence (AI), gaming, cloud computing, and autonomous vehicles all employ the latest generation of graphics processors (GPUs) in lieu of CPUs. The reasoning is that […]

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AEC-qualified eGaN FETs boost performance in Lidar, automotive systems

January 16, 2019 By Aimee Kalnoskas Leave a Comment

 EPC announces successful AEC Q101 qualification of two additional eGaN devices, addressing a range of applications in the automotive industry and other harsh environments. The new products, EPC2206, and EPC2212 are both discrete transistors in wafer level chip-scale packaging (WLCS) with 80 VDS and 100 VDS ratings respectively. eGaN technology has been in mass production for over eight years, accumulating billions of […]

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Connected vehicles will make their connections through gallium nitride

August 16, 2018 By Lee Teschler Leave a Comment

The high performance of many autonomous automotive features will likely depend on the use of super-fast GaN semiconductors. Alex Lidow, Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) WITH the rise of autonomous cars and electric propulsion as driving forces in automotive applications, a huge new market for power devices based on gallium nitride grown on a silicon substrate […]

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