本文介绍了基于氮化镓器件、具有120 VDC输入电压、工作频率为 6.7 MHz 的两相 DC/DC转换器。 120 VDC 是国际太空站 (ISS) 二次电路系统中的标准电压水平。

使用具备高功率密度和开关超快等优势的GaN FET ，Tell-I 公司新开发的 SDK 电路板使用两相来超越正常的开关速度。 多相配置支持用于 ISS 等系统的标准120-V 总线电压，让交错转换器在 3 MHz、5 MHz 和 6.87 MHz 下实现高效开关。使用四个 EPC2019 GaN FET和支持小型栅极驱动及功率环路的两个 LMG1210 栅极驱动器，可实现最佳和紧凑的布局。

Power Electronics News
2022年4月
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The latest ePower™ integrated circuits based on gallium nitride technology by Efficient Power Conversion are revolutionizing motor drive applications such as industrial drones, e-bikes, scooters, power tools.

Bodo’s Power Systems
April, 2022
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以碳化硅(SiC)、氮化镓(GaN)材料为主流的宽带隙(WBG)半导体功率器件，在节能永续意识抬头的今日成为各种功率系统应用的宠儿。2022年Tech Taipei研讨会首度以WBG器件为题，邀请业界重量级业者，从设计、制造、测试等不同面向与现场超过400位听众分享最新技术与应用趋势...

EE Times Taiwan
2022年3月25日
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当数据中心的服务器转用48 V架构，氮化镓晶体管可以替代目前的硅MOSFET器件，性能得以进一步提升和成本可以更低。

Data Center Dynamics
2022年3月
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Automotive 48 V/12 V converters are essential in modern hybrid electric vehicles, as the energy is exchanged between the 48 V and 12 V buses. This two-voltage system accommodates legacy 12 V systems and provides higher power for 48V to loads such as vacuum and water pumps, electric super chargers, steering, and audio systems. Among all the requirements for the 48 V/12 V converter, efficiency, power density, size and cost are on the top of the list. This article addresses these design criteria by employing the GaN ePower™ Stage, EPC23101, and compares it with a previous design using discrete EPC2206 devices.

Bodo’s Power Systems
March, 2022
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The EPC9167 GaN-based inverter reference design enhances motor system performance, range, precision, torque, all while lowering overall system cost. The extremely small size of this inverter allows integration into the motor housing resulting in the lowest EMI, highest density, and lowest weight.

Robotics Tomorrow
March, 2022
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我们将在本文讨论客户为何迟迟未采用氮化镓技术的一些最常见原因，氮化镓技术显然是较旧的硅基功率MOSFET的替代技术。在不深入研究详细的统计数据下，按最常发生推导出一系列原因，并理解某些应用比其他应用更侧重氮化镓技术的某些特性。我们的讨论仅限于额定电压低于400 V的器件，因为这是EPC公司的氮化镓场效应晶体管和集成电路的重点应用。

PSD功率系统设计
2022年3月
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由氮化镓技术专家 EPC 与 MPS 合作开发的双向转换器可实现97%的峰值效率。

EETimes
2022年2月
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A few simple thermal management guidelines can help conduct heat away from GaN FETs. Enhancement-mode gallium nitride (eGaN) FETs offer high power-density with ultra-fast switching and low on-resistance, all in a compact form factor. However, the power levels these high-performance devices provide can be limited by extreme heat-flux densities. If not managed properly, the generated heat can compromise reliability and performance. Fortunately, chip-scale packaging for eGaN FETs can be leveraged at the board-side and the backside (i.e., case) to better dissipate heat.

Power Electronics Tips
February, 2022
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This article presents the design and performance of an automotive buck/reverse-boost converter with GaN for efficient 48 V power distribution.

Electronics Today
December/January Edition
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Demonstrating the design of a bi-directional DC-DC converter for automotive 48 V power distribution, showing how GaN technology is a powerful enabler for efficient electrification. The trend towards increasing electrification in the automotive industry enables car makers both to deliver new innovations to market cost-effectively and to meet increasingly stringent emissions legislation. Raising the vehicle’s main bus voltage to 48 V helps meet the demands of power-hungry systems such as the start-stop motor/generator of a mild hybrid vehicle, as well as loads such as electric power steering, electric supercharging, and vacuum and water pumps.

Bodo’s Power Systems
December, 2021
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EPC公司推出了100 V、65 A 集成电路芯片组，专为 48 V DC/DC 转换而设计，用于高密度计算应用，以及用于电动汽车、机器人和无人机的 48 V BLDC电机驱动器。EPC23101 eGaN IC 配合 EPC2302 eGaN FET成为ePower芯片组，其最大耐受电压为 100 V，提供高达 65 A 的负载电流，开关速度大于 1 MHz。

Bodo’s Power Systems
2022 年 2 月
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The year 2021 was a transitional year in which the world decided to open its doors to GaN. In this interview with Power Electronics News during CES week, GaN industry experts confirmed that GaN is now proving its superiority over silicon.

Power Electronics News
January, 2022
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In the field of motion control, there is a growing use of GaN devices, especially in low voltage applications. This paper provides guidelines for designers on the optimal use of GaN FETs in motor control applications, identifying the advantages and discussing the main issues.

Energies Journal
October, 2021
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Today, the permanent magnet motor, also known as DC brushless motor (BLDC), is widely used and offers higher torque capability per cubic inch and higher dynamics when compared to other motors. So far, silicon-based power devices have been dominant in the inverter electronics, but today their performance is nearing their theoretical limits. There is an increasing need for higher power density. Gallium nitride (GaN) transistors and ICs have the best attributes to satisfy these needs.

Power Systems Design
November, 2021
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As the outer reaches of the Earth’s atmosphere and space are opened to commercial development, motors will become increasingly important to systems places there for various functions. With the inevitability of manufacturing in space, motors – including their drivers – will take on even more functions. Of equal importance will be the motor drivers selected to drive those motors efficiently and reliably.

Components in Electronics
October, 2021
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This month has been a busy one in the FET space. Here are a few FETs from EPC, UnitedSiC, and Intel that depart from traditional silicon transistors in interesting ways.

All About Circuits
October, 2021
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The design of an LLC resonant converter illustrates how eGaN FETs can shrink the physical size of modern supply circuitry.

Power Electronic Tips
October, 2021
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GaN transistors and ICs increase power density in motor drive applications. An optimal lay-out approach allows obtaining ring-free output switching waveforms and clean current reconstruction signals either from leg shunts or from in-phase shunts.

EEPower
October, 2021
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The new gallium nitride (GaN) family aims to deliver time-of-flight (ToF) applications for autonomous cars and 3D sensing across the consumer and industrial sectors. In an interview with EE Times, Alex Lidow, CEO at EPC, highlighted how introducing the eToF Laser Driver family’s for LiDAR system design at a low cost competes with the Mosfet when it comes to LiDAR applications.

EEWeb
September, 2021
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