Alex Lidow, CEO of Efficient Power Conversion, talks to Leo Laporte about Gallium Nitride, and how it is being used to create the next generation of microchips and wirelessly power the world.

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The EPC9086 high efficiency half-bridge development board can operate up to 10 MHz featuring a 30 V EPC2111 eGaN^® half bridge in combination with the recently introduced high speed Peregrine Semiconductor PE29102 gate driver.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.—October 2017 — Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) today announces the availability of The EPC9086 development board, a high efficiency half-bridge development board that can operate up to 10 MHz.  The EPC9086 board measures 2” x 2” and contains a 30 V, 15 A EPC2111 enhancement-mode gallium nitride half bridge in combination with the recently introduced PE29102 gate driver from Peregrine Semiconductor.

MIGVAN now represents EPC’s Israel sales, marketing, and technical support to assist customers in adopting eGaN^® FETs and ICs for leading-edge power conversion systems using gallium nitride

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.— October 2017 — To support its accelerating growth throughout Israel, Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) is proud to announce the appointment of MIGVAN as its sales, marketing, and technical support representative.  MIGVAN Technologies & Engineering Ltd, founded in 1988, is devoted to promoting and selling advanced technology electronic components and subsystems to the Israeli electronics industry.

Superior characteristics of eGaN^® FETs and ICs, such as low output capacitance, low input capacitance, low parasitic inductances, and small size used in these demonstration kits show that GaN FETs and ICs are ideal for increasing efficiency in highly resonant, AirFuel™ Alliance compatible wireless power transfer systems.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.—October 2017 — Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) today announces the availability of two new demonstration kits -- the EPC9127, a complete wireless power kit including a 10 W, class 2 amplifier, category 3 receiver device and the EPC9128, consisting of a 16 W, class 3 amplifier and two receiver devices (categories 3 and 4). These systems, coupled with previously announced EPC9120, 33 W class 4 and the EPC9121 multi-mode kit capable of operating to either an AirFuel Class 2 standard with a category 3 device or a Qi (A6)/PMA standard with a compatible receiving device provide a full range of wireless power demonstration kits to allow for complete, wide-spread implementation.

宜普公司将于2017年无线电力峰会展示创新的桌面无线充电系统。该桌面是利用基于氮化镓器件的磁共振技术在大面积上同时对多个接收无线电源的设备充电，包括手机、 笔记本电脑及桌灯！

无线充电的将来发展及最后能否得以普及，要看最终用户可否在无线充电桌面上放置任何电子设备进行充电而不需要插上插头来接通电源。宜普公司将于10月5日至6日在美国科罗拉多州的丹佛市的Embassy Suites酒店所举行的2017年无线电力峰会，与工程师分享如何实现大面积无线充电解决方案。

宜普电源转换公司首席执行官兼共同创办人Alex Lidow展示大面积无线充电技术如何传送电源。

Digital Journal
2017年9月18日
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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。

EPC CEO & Co-Founder, Alex Lidow was a featured guest on Cheddar TV sharing how GaN technology is enabling new and disruptive technologies, such as LiDAR for self-driving cars and power conversion transistors and ICs for wide-area wireless power and medtech.

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September 11, 2017
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NextbigFuture访问了EPC公司的首席执行官Alex Lidow。 EPC公司是制造氮化镓晶体管的领导厂商，目前带领业界开启无线充电新时代。在5至10年内，我们将有可能看到全屋或写字楼从采用昂贵的电源线改为在广泛地方采用无线充电解决方案供电。

NextBigFuture
2017年9月9日
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The year is 2022. You sit down at your office desk, back from Ikea with your new lamp. You take it out of the box, place it on the table, and it illuminates the workspace immediately. You then take your MacBook out of your backpack, place it to the right of the lamp, and it starts charging instantly. It sounds unreasonable to think that all this could become reality in just a few years. But behind closed doors, this technology already exists.

“A couple of months ago, we demonstrated an entire table top where everything on it was powered wirelessly,” Alex Lidow, CEO of EPC, tells Inverse. “A lamp, computer monitor, computer, cell phones being charged… all sorts of stuff.”

Inverse Innovation
August, 2017
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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。

具备卓越性能的氮化镓场效应晶体管（eGaN^®FET），例如低输出电容、低输入电容、低寄生电感及小型化，成为高度共振式并与AirFuel^™标准兼容的无线充电系统的理想器件，可提高效率。

宜普电源转换公司（EPC）宣布推出与AirFuel联盟第四级别（Class 4）规格兼容的无线充电套件（EPC9120）。该系统可对应用提供高达33 W功率而同时工作在6.78 MHz频率（最低ISM频段），旨在于高效无线充电应用中，简化对所采用的氮化镓场效应晶体管（eGaN FET）进行评估。EPC9120采用具备高频开关性能的EPC氮化镓晶体管，使得无线充电系统可以在不同的工作条件下，实现80%至90%的效率。

Since Nikola Tesla first experimented with wireless power during the early 1900s, there has been a quest to “cut the cord” – and go wireless. Today’s applications for wireless power undoubtedly extend far beyond Tesla’s wildest imagination, as we now have the ability to wirelessly charge cell phones, power tools, and even buses while at their scheduled stops, not to mention airborne drones while flying. However, despite strong consumer and business demand for wireless charging, power cords still reign. What explains the lag in our ability to power all of our electronic devices and appliances wirelessly?

ITProPortal
August 2, 2017
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During our lifetime furniture design has been primarily dictated by style. However, as we become gradually more entangled in the internet of things, function is going to become increasingly important.

Future of Everything
July 20, 2017
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GaN power element technology has found its way into a major application in the industry with the release of the Dell Latitude computer using the AirFuel standard.

Planet Analog
July 19, 2017
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EPCが無線充電用途向けeGaN FETとパワーキットに関するデータ一覧

日経BP社
2017年6月15日
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这位在40年前成为博士的科学家曾为世界节省了15%电量，如今他正继续自己的创新之旅，为人类找到了硅的全新替代材料。

我父亲常常教导我：一个人的真正价值，是通过他对社会所作出的贡献来衡量的。1975年我进入研究生院学习，那时我的兴趣在半导体领域，并且认为我对社会最大的贡献，就是找到可以替代硅的半导体材料。我的研究生毕业课题从围绕砷化镓展开，但是直到在1977年获得博士学位后，我才发现，作为一种半导体材料，砷化镓受其基本材料特性所影响，它的应用前景非常有限，于是我转而专注于研究如何制造出更好的硅基器件。

财富中文网 (Fortune China)
2017年6月15日
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宜普电源转换公司（EPC）是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，基于eGaN^® FET与集成电路的低成本解决方案是在发射端采用单个功率放大器，而在接收端无论是采用什么标准，也可以实现无线充电。

我们诚挚邀请工程师莅临中国上海，出席于2017年6月28日（星期三）上午11时在上海世博展览馆B2层2号会议室举行的PCIM Asia 2017研讨会（电力转换与智能运动研讨会）。届时EPC公司的应用工程副总裁Michael de Rooij博士将分享在高功率、高度共振式无线充电应用中，如何选择放大器的拓扑结构，从而满足客户在产品设计上的要求。

业界资深技术专家Alex Lidow的使命，是帮助您对电子设备供电而不需使用电源线`。

Seeker
2017年6月
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Mr. Krueger to direct EPC’s European sales organization and assist customers in adopting eGaN^® FETs and Integrated Circuits for leading-edge power conversion systems

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — June 2017 — To support its accelerating growth, Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) is proud to announce that Wolfram Krueger has joined the EPC leadership team as Vice President of European sales. Mr. Krueger has over 30 years of sales operation experience within the semiconductor industry. His primary responsibilities at EPC are creating and implementing sales and marketing strategies to achieve the company’s sales objectives throughout Europe. He is based in Cologne, Germany.