Spirit公司的Marti McCurdy及EPC公司首席执行官Alex Lidow分享氮化镓器件如何在性能及成本方面比硅器件优越，以及分享全球领导厂商如何与EPC公司合作，利用氮化镓器件的优势，开发出他们新一代的技术。

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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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By John Glaser
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In recent years, GaN-based power conversion has increased in popularity due to the inherent benefits of eGaN FETs over conventional Si transistors. Migrating a converter design from Si to GaN offers many system-level improvements, which require consideration of all the components in that system. This trend has subsequently spurred a growth in the ecosystem of power electronics that support GaN-based designs.

Power Systems Designs
By Edward A. Jones, Michael de Rooij, and David Reusch
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As GaN-on-Si becomes more common in DC-DC converter designs, questions often arise from experienced designers about the impact of the unique characteristics of GaN transistors when used as synchronous rectifiers (SRs). In particular, the third quadrant off-state characteristics, better known as “body diode” conduction in Si MOSFETs, which is activated during converter dead-time, is of interest. For this article, the focus will be on the similarities and differences of Si MOSFETs and eGaN^® FETs when operated as a “body diode” and outline their relative advantages and disadvantages.

Bodo’s Power Systems
By David Reusch & John Glaser
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AirFuel联盟公司会员jjPLUS与EPC公司携手为工程师演示如何依据最先进的AirFuel™共振标准，设计大面积无线供电桌面，从而实现无线供电家居及办公室！

先进无线通信及嵌入式无线电源解决方案的设计生产商捷佳科技股份有限公司(jjPlus)将于台北国际电脑展的InnoVEX 2018新创特展，展示新一代磁共振无线电源传输（WPT）技术。作为jjPLUS公司的技术合作伙伴EPC公司将在6月6日至8日携手参展，于TWTC的3号馆、展览摊位G0309a与工程师会面。jjPLUS与EPC公司皆是AirFuel联盟的工作委员会会员，也同时于2018年3月在深圳首次举行的AirFuel无线充电大会暨开发者论坛演讲。

Superior characteristics of eGaN^® FETs and integrated circuits, such as low output capacitance, low input capacitance, low parasitic inductances, and small size make them ideal for increasing efficiency in highly resonant, AirFuel™ wireless power transfer systems.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.— May 2018 — Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) today announces the availability of a complete class 4 wireless power kit, the EPC9129. The system can transmit up to 33 W while operating at 6.78 MHz (the lowest ISM band). The kit comes complete with two receivers, each with a regulated output − one capable of 5 W capable and a second capable of delivering 27 W at 19 V.

Spirit Electronics now provides distribution support to assist customers in adopting eGaN^® FETs and ICs for leading-edge power conversion systems in the defense and aerospace market.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.— May 2018 — To support its accelerating growth in the defense and aerospace markets, Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) is proud to announce the appointment of Spirit Electronics as a distribution partner focusing on these key market segments.  Spirit Electronics, in operation since 1979 and located in Phoenix, Arizona and Irvine, California, supplies products and services to the Department of Defense, aerospace, and telecommunication industries.  

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.

The increase in switching speed offered by GaN transistors requires good measurement technology, as well as good techniques to capture important details of high-speed waveforms. This article focuses on how to leverage the measurement equipment for the user’s requirement and measurement techniques to accurately evaluate high performance GaN transistors. The article also evaluates high bandwidth differential probes for use with non-ground-referenced waveforms.

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By Suvankar Biswas , David Reusch & Michael de Rooij
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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。

The EPC2050 offers power systems designers a 350 V, 65 mΩ, 26 A power transistor in an extremely small chip-scale package.  These new devices are ideal for applications such as multi-level converters, EV charging, solar power inverters, and motor drives.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — April 2018 — Efficient Power Conversion announces the EPC2050, a 350 V GaN transistor with a maximum R_DS(on) of 65 mΩ and a 26 A pulsed output current. Applications include EV charging, solar power inverters, motor drives, and multi-level converter configurations, such as a 3-level, 400 V input to 48 V output LLC converter for telecom or server power supplies.

Wireless power charging was a big point of discussion with a number of different solutions on the APEC 2018 exhibit floor. The following wireless charging solutions had unique aspects in their strategies; let’s take a look at what I saw over the last few days.

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By Steve Taranovich
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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公司将在3月14至16日于中国深圳及上海各大论坛及展会亮相，展示氮化镓技术的卓越性能如何为整个半导体业界带来全新电源转换设计思路，包括无线充电、DC/DC、激光雷达及汽车等应用领域。

EPC公司的管理及技术团队将在中国深圳及上海于3月14至16日举行的各大业界论坛及展会上，与工程师会面并作技术交流。届时，EPC团队将分享如何发挥氮化镓场效应晶体管（GaN FET）及集成电路的最高性能、创新设计，从而为工程师及其客户，打造共创共赢新局面。

Gamers may not care about the finer points of gallium nitride (eGaN) chips as evangelized by power pioneer Alex Lidow, CEO of Efficient Power Conversion (EPC). But they will care that those chips will enable a new generation of gaming laptops with much smaller power supplies than in the past.

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