Advancing GaN Tech into Mainstream Adoption at PCIM 2022

May 19, 2022

VisIC Technologies' D3GaN solution offers better switching performance than cascade topologies, and is more robust than enhancement-mode devices.

Alix Paultre

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VisIC Technologies' D3GaN (direct drive depletion-mode gallium nitirde) solution offers better switching performance than cascade topologies, and is more robust than enhancement-mode devices. The company has produced the first GaN-based transistors used in automotive inverters and is now in the development and evaluation phase with several OEMs and Tier 1s for series production.

According to VisIC, D3GaN technology has been proven to reduce power losses by at least 50% while benefiting from the high-yield, low-cost proprietary design of GaN transistors. The company's packaging technology was developed to ensure high thermal conductivity to best utilize the semiconductor's capabilities. This optimization is important for inverter design and manufacturing, as it helps minimize the required paralleling and cost.

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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.