GaN-Based Solutions Empower Autonomous Driving

May 26, 2022

eGaN FETs and ICs developed by EPC provide the short pulse widths needed for higher-resolution LiDAR that enable autonomy as well as other vision-based systems.

Alix Paultre

Related To: Electronic Design

Check out our PCIM 2022 coverage and more videos/articles in the TechXchange: LiDAR Technology

Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) gave multiple technical presentations on gallium-nitride (GaN) technology and applications at PCIM Europe 2022, in a variety of customer end products. Examples included a demonstration on how GaN enables 2-kW bidirectional converters that increase efficiency, shrink the size, and reduce system costs for the next generation of mild hybrid and electric vehicles, as well as GaN-based motors capable of driving everything from ebikes to city cars.

eGaN FETs and ICs provide the short pulse widths needed for higher-resolution LiDAR that enable autonomy, and the higher pulse current to extend the range of LiDAR systems. And GaN-based motor drives allow for various applications, such as warehouse autonomous robots, eMobility, and drones to reduce size and weight, extend range, and increase reliability.

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About the Author

Alix Paultre | Editor-at-Large, Electronic Design

An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the US military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications in the embedded electronic engineering space. Alix currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Also check out his YouTube watch-collecting channel, Talking Timepieces.