News: Microelectronics
11 June 2021
GaN Systems presenting power electronics solutions at APEC
At the virtual Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC 2021) taking place 14-17 June, GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (a fabless developer of gallium nitride-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control applications) is showcasing its most recent GaN-based solutions.
In particular, the firm is demonstrating new solutions in mobile phone and laptop PC chargers, audio, electric vehicles (EVs) and more, highlighting the technology’s ability to meet the rapid growth in data and energy demands across key industries.
Experts from GaN Systems are participating in several industry presentations:
- 14 June (8pm EDT) - ‘WBG High Performance Switches: Transforming the World: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective GaN Designs’;
- 17 June (4pm EDT) - ‘The Effect of Dynamic On-State Resistance to System Losses in GaN-Based Hard-Switching Half-Bridge Applications’;
- 17 June (5pm EDT) - ‘Wide Bandgap Semiconductors in Production: GaN Systems Performance and Reliability in Customer Applications’.
GaN Systems says that it continues to experience accelerated growth with mainstream adoption of GaN technology to meet energy and data demands as well as size and weight reductions required in the consumer electronics, data-center, renewable energy, industrial and automotive industries.
Also at APEC 2021, GaN Systems is exhibiting the following solutions:
- Consumer audio: GaN technology is increasingly being used in the audio market as it supports extreme performance levels, while allowing significant weight reductions and generating minimal heat. GaN Systems says that its transistors, which offer high switching performance in a small package, can be found in Syng’s Cell Alpha wireless speaker.
- Consumer power chargers: GaN Systems’ innovations include what it claims is the industry’s smallest 100W dual USB-C intelligent PD GaN charger, which delivers high efficiency, power density and circuit intelligence. In addition, the firm is showcasing examples of high-efficiency GaN-based 65W QR and 65W active-clamp flyback (ACF) chargers. Visitors to the GaN Systems’ virtual booth can also learn more about the firm’s EZDrive circuit, which eliminates the cost of double-driver solutions.
- Data center: GaN Systems reckons that its power transistors can reduce energy costs by more than $100m annually and reduce CO2 emissions by nearly 1 million metric tons for large data-center operators. The firm’s high-density, high-efficiency GaN-based 3kW LLC resonant converter reference design can reduce design cycles, costs and time-to-market for companies developing data-center, telecom and industrial switching-mode power supply (SMPS) applications. When paired with the 3kW bridgeless totem-pole power factor correction (PFC) reference design, it enables what is reckoned to be the industry’s highest-performing, lowest-cost design for power supply units.
- Automotive: GaN Systems offers solutions for onboard battery chargers (OBC), DC/DC converters and traction inverters. The firm is showcasing its new automotive-grade 650V, 60A transistors, which meet the requirements for high-power, low-loss and high-reliability performance in today’s automotive applications, meeting AEC-Q101 and AutoQual+ testing and qualification.
GaN Systems expands automotive product line
GaN Systems launches family of AEC-Q101-qualified 650V, 60A transistors
