GaN Addresses High-Power Apps at PCIM Europe

May 17, 2022

Advances in gallium-nitride technology was evident everywhere at PCIM, including Navitas Semiconductor's GaNFast power ICs.

Alix Paultre

Related To: Electronic Design

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Gallium nitride (GaN) is a next-generation semiconductor technology that runs up to 20X faster than legacy silicon and enables up to 3Xx more power, 40% energy savings, and 3X faster charging in half the size and weight. Navitas’ GaNFast power ICs integrate GaN power and drive plus sensing, protection, and control to deliver simple, small, fast, and efficient power-conversion performance.

Application-specific GaN ICs tailored for data centers, solar, and EVs were sampled in late 2021, and PCIM provides the perfect opportunity to update customers on efficiency, power density, quality, and reliability for these new, higher-power markets.

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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.