EPC displaying GaN-enabled consumer applications at CES

Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA – which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon (eGaN) power field-effect transistors (FETs) for power management applications – will be demonstrating the power of eGaN technology to enhance consumer applications, including self-driving cars, robots, drones, wireless power, world-class audio and cutting-edge automotive solutions, in its Demonstration & Hospitality Suite in the Venetian hotel at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas (7–10 January).

Wireless Power

In the home: EPC will have multiple wirelessly powered surfaces on display to demonstrate the myriad of consumer uses in the home for systems with enough power to simultaneously power a computer, power a lamp, power an alarm clock, communicate via a digital assistant, charge a cell phone and charge a wearable – all without running a single power cord to any of the devices.
Powering 5G: The extreme interconnectivity of 5G communications will enable the Internet of Things (IoT) to grow more rapidly and push hundreds of thousands of IoT connections and millions of sensors out into the world. For these devices to scale with 5G, they will need dependable, safe, automatic power: wireless power. Demonstrations of wireless power for 5G applications through glass windows and walls will be on display.
Robotics: Greeting visitors in the EPC suite will be Misty, a wirelessly powered robotic digital assistant that can monitor its own charge levels, estimate the time needed to navigate back to the docking station, and manage recharging efficiently.

LiDAR

Also shown in the suite will be multiple eGaN FET-based light detection and ranging (LiDAR) systems. LiDAR technology has emerged as the leading technology to act as the ‘eyes’ for self-driving cars, and is increasingly finding new applications in other time-of-flight systems for warehouse automation, augmented reality, drones, and even vacuum cleaners. GaN enables these systems to see further, faster and better.

Class-D Audio

The EPC suite will be displaying the latest in class-D audio amplifier technology using GaN to enable the highest-fidelity sound. Systems for the very high-end prosumer and down to the consumer-level digital-assistant-enabled speakers will be playing in the suite.

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