eGaN FET（及目前的集成电路）之可以应用于全自动车辆的激光雷达系统，以及全自动电动赛车，是因为这些器件可以实现高很多的分辨率（由于具备超短激光脉冲）、更快速的图像速度（由于短激光脉冲），及可以准确地看得更远（由于在超高电流时可以实现快速激光脉冲）。

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硅基增强型氮化镓场效应晶体管及集成电路的领先供应商宜普电源转换公司（EPC）于中国上海与功率管理工程师会面并讨论关于1）针对大于30 W功率高度谐振无线功率接收器、内建同步整流FET的E类整流器； 及2）采用eGaN^® FET、120 A、少于10纳秒脉冲及占板面积小于3平方厘米的千瓦级激光驱动器。

我们诚挚邀请工程师莅临中国上海，出席我们于2018年6月26日（星期二）上午10时至10时50分、在1099号国展路上海世博展览馆1层2号展馆内举行的PCIM Asia 2018研讨会（电力转换与智能运动研讨会）的演讲。

For LiDAR systems to meet ever-higher performance specs, they must perform fast switching of high-current pulses, which is where a gallium-nitride power switch can step in to help.

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LIDAR is presently a subject of great interest, primarily due to its widespread adoption in autonomous navigation systems for vehicles, robots, drones, and other mobile machines. eGaN devices are one of the main factors in making affordable, high performance LIDAR possible in a small form factor thus further fueling the LIDAR revolution.

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Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) will exhibit live demonstrations at PCIM Europe 2018 showing how GaN technology’s superior performance is transforming power delivery for entire industries including computing, communications, and automotive.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — May 2018 — The EPC team will be delivering five technical presentations on gallium nitride (GaN) technology and applications at PCIM Europe 2018 in Nuremberg, Germany from June 5^th through the 7^th. In addition, in Hall 7, Stand 539, the company will exhibit its latest eGaN^® FETs and ICs in customers’ end products that are enabled by eGaN technology.

EPC公司的“2018年中国路演”继续展开行程,于5月17至19日在西安举行的首次亚太区WiPDA研讨会中与工程师分享最新的氮化镓技术发展。

宜普电源转换公司“2018年中国路演”于3月14日在深圳举行的首届AirFuel无线充电大会暨开发者论坛出发，继而由其首席执行官兼共同创办人Alex Lidow于3月15日在上海由中国SEMI举办的功率及功率暨化合物半导体论坛作开幕专题演讲。路演的下一站是于5月17-19日在西安举行的首次亚太区WiPDA论坛，与工程师作技术交流并展示其最新的eGaN®器件。之后，我们将于6月26–28日在上海举行的亚太区PCIM会议演讲，与工程师分享采用氮化镓器件的无线电源传送应用和面向全自动汽车的激光雷达系统。

宜普电源转换公司（EPC）的两个车用氮化镓晶体管成功通过了国际汽车电子协会所制定的AEC Q101分立器件应力测试认证。

宜普电源转换公司宣布其两个车用氮化镓(eGaN^®)器件成功通过AEC Q101测试认证，可在车用及其它严峻环境实现多种全新应用。EPC2202及EPC2203是采用晶圆级芯片规模封装（WLCS） 、80 V_DS 的分立晶体管。面向严峻的车用环境的多个分立晶体管及集成电路也将在不久的未来推出。

EPC CEO & Co-Founder, Alex Lidow gives Lee Teschler from EE World Online a tour of the EPC booth at APEC 2018 where EPC demonstrations included a high-power density 48 V – 12 V non-isolated converter capable of delivering over 700 W. In addition, a range of 3-D real-time LiDAR imaging sensors used in autonomous vehicles were displayed. Also, a single desktop implementing a high power resonant wireless charging solution capable of generating 300 W to wirelessly power a wide range of devices including cell phones, notebook computers, monitors, wireless speakers, smart watches, and table lamps.

In this video Alex Lidow, Founder and CEO of EPC, talks to Alix Paultre, Editor-in-Chief of Power Electronics News, about the various demonstrations of GaN-based solutions at the EPC booth at APEC 2018 in San Antonio, Texas. The high-frequency operation and other advanced performance advantages over Silicon enables GaN to empower applications from LIDAR to wireless power transmission. The booth exhibits include examples of these, from a real-time LIDAR demonstration to a running "wireless desk".

LIDAR is made up of a laser (or arrays) capable of transmitting pulsed light over the required range of interest, and a high-speed, low-noise receiver for reflected signal analysis. A portion of this light is reflected or scattered back to the receiver according to the reflectivity of the target.

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EPC will exhibit live demonstrations showing how GaN technology’s superior performance is transforming power delivery for entire industries including computing, communications, and automotive.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — February 2018 — The EPC team will be delivering seven technical presentations on gallium nitride (GaN) technology and applications at APEC 2018 in San Antonio, Texas from March 4^th through the 8^th. In addition, the company will demonstrate its latest eGaN FETs and ICs in customers’ end products that are enabled by eGaN technology.

Developers are hard at work on the machine learning necessary for safer and more-autonomous vehicles. But all the AI in the world won’t be enough if the car relies on inadequate sensors. That was clearly demonstrated in one fatal Tesla crash that occurred in part because the car’s camera didn’t correctly identify an oncoming truck. To ensure smart vehicles have a reliable model of surrounding objects — particularly the ones the cars identify as “threats” — most rely on one or more lidars, or laser-based remote sensors.

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This article takes a deep dive into lidar technology. It explains how the technology works and the challenges technologists face as they try to build lidar sensors that meet the demanding requirements for commercial self-driving cars.

The bottom line is that while bringing lidar costs down will take a significant amount of difficult engineering work, there don't seem to be any fundamental barriers to bringing the cost of high-quality lidar down below $1,000—and eventually below $100. That means the technology—and ultimately, self-driving vehicles that depend on lidar—should be well within reach for ordinary consumers.

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宜普公司为功率系统设计师提供比等效MOSFET小型化8倍的40 V、5 mΩ氮化镓功率晶体管（EPC2049），应用于负载点（POL）转换器、激光雷达（LiDAR）及具低电感的马达驱动器。

宜普电源转换公司（EPC）宣布推出EPC2049功率晶体管，应用于负载点（POL）转换器、激光雷达（LiDAR）、包络跟踪电源、D类音频放大器及具低电感的马达驱动器。 EPC2049晶体管的额定电压为40 V、最大导通电阻为5 mΩ及脉冲输出电流为175 A。

EPC公司将于国际消费电子展CES^® 2018并于AirFuel^TM联盟展览摊位展示氮化镓（GaN）半导体如何实现大面积电源。此外，EPC在其Hospitality Suite将展示家居无线电源系统，以及基于氮化镓器件并应用于全自动汽车、领先业界的激光雷达系统。

EPC公司将于2018年1月9日至12日在美国拉斯维加斯举行的国际消费电子展（CES 2018）展示eGaN^®技术如何实现两种改变业界游戏规则的消费电子应用 -- 分别是无线充电及自动驾驶汽车的激光雷达 应用。

EPC9126HC开发板采用具备超快速功率转换特性的氮化镓场效应晶体管(eGaN FET)，由于可以驱动高达150 A及可低至5 ns脉宽的脉冲大电流，因此可以提高激光雷达（LiDAR）系统所侦测的资料的质素，包括资料的准确性、精确度及制作速度。

宜普电源转换公司（EPC）宣布推出全新的100 V、150 A大电流脉冲激光二极管的驱动演示电路板（EPC9126HC）。面向全自动汽车应用的激光雷达系统需要制作三维地图，因此，侦测四周的目标物件的速度及准确性变得非常重要。从EPC9126HC演示电路板可以看到，与等效MOSFET相比，具备快速转换特性的氮化镓场效应晶体管(eGaN FET)所提供的脉冲功率可以快十倍的速度驱动激光二极管，从而提升激光雷达系统的整体性能。

EPC2040, an eGaN^® power transistor optimized for LiDAR applications, placed first in the Passive Components & Discrete Semiconductors category of ECN magazine’s prestigious 2017 Impact Award.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif — November  2017 — Efficient Power Conversion Corporation’s (EPC) is proud to announce that Electronic Component News (ECN) — a leading trade publication for electronic design engineers — has awarded the EPC2040, enhancement mode gallium nitride (eGaN) transistor its ECN Impact Award for 2017 in the Passive Components and Discrete Semiconductors category.

面向全新及目前由MOSFET支持的应用的最新EPC氮化镓（eGaN^®）晶体管及集成电路系列，在提升性能及降低成本方面实现质的飞跃。

E宜普电源转换公司（EPC）第五代氮化镓（eGaN）晶体管及集成电路系列荣获《今日电子》与21IC中国电子网颁发2017年度“Top10电源产品—最佳应用奖”。该奖项在2017年9月15日于北京举行的电源技术研讨会上颁发。

宜普电源转换公司（EPC）推出全新的EPC9083开发板，帮助功率系统设计师容易并且快速地对E类放大器内、可在高达15 MHz频率工作的200 V氮化镓晶体管进行评估，其应用领域包括无线充电、激光雷达、电流模式D类放大器及推挽式转换器。

宜普电源转换公司（EPC）宣布推出高效、灵活及采用氮化镓晶体管的差分模式开发板（EPC9083），可以在高达15 MHz频率工作，包括无线充电应用的6.78 MHz频率。 推出开发板的目的是帮助功率系统设计师以简易方法对氮化镓晶体管的性能进行评估，使得他们的产品可以快速量产。

参看EPC公司于APEC 2017展示基于氮化镓技术的各种应用。

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