氮化镓技术帮助业界实现从使用内燃机汽车改为电动及智能汽车的转变。

Power Systems Design
2020年7月/8月刊 – 第39页
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Gallium nitride (GaN) power devices have been in volume production since March 2010 and have established a remarkable field-reliability record. An automotive application using GaN power devices in high volume is lidar (light detection and ranging) for autonomous vehicles. Lidar technology provides information about a vehicle’s surroundings, thus requiring high accuracy and reliability to ensure safety and performance. This article will discuss a novel testing mechanism developed by Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) to test eGaN devices beyond the qualification requirements of the Automotive Electronics Council (AEC) for the specific use case of lidar.

eeNews Europe
July 30, 2020
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Starting on page 13 of this story, EPC discusses with David Morrison the latest GaN developments meant for APEC. Alex Lidow, CEO and co-founder of EPC, discussed his company’s new power stage ICs, their development of GaN-based reference designs using a multi-level topology and various demos that were originally bound for APEC.

How2Power Today
April, 2020
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中压氮化镓场效应晶体管（eGaN FET）的成本在三年前已经比等效额定功率MOSFET器件的成本更低。当时，EPC公司决心利用氮化镓场效应晶体管的性能及成本效益优势，积极研发及支持48 V输入或输出的应用。车用及计算机应用的48 V 转换逐渐成为全新的架构，也成为了功率系统的全新标准。

Power Systems Design
2020年3月31日
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著名企业领袖 - 宜普电源转换公司（EPC）首席执行官Alex Lidow于2009年在市场推出第一个氮化镓晶体管。 经过了10年的氮化镓产品销售，DESIGN & ELEKTRONIK 杂志编辑Ralf Higgelke与Alex会面并谈论氮化镓技术的最新发展。

DESIGN & ELEKTRONIK杂志
2020年2月20日
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当硅技术已经到了性能极限，采用氮化镓器件的全新设计使得氮化镓技术得以继续普及。氮化镓器件的发展还是刚刚起步，它的性能将得以继续提升、集成电路也将会更具优势，以及将有更多全新的氮化镓产品推出市场。

Electronics Weekly
2019年12月
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Smaller, faster, lower cost, and more integrated, GaN-on-Silicon devices have the confidence of designers across a spectrum of power conversion applications. In this article, Alex Lidow explains why it’s getting harder to avoid using GaN power transistors and ICs.

Electronic Specifier
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It’s getting harder to avoid using GaN power transistors and ICs, says Alex Lidow. There are many reasons to use GaN-on-Si power transistors such as eGaN FETs, in telecoms, vehicles, healthcare and computing. Smaller, faster, lower cost, and more integrated, GaN-on-Si devices have spent a decade gaining the confidence and trust of designers across the spectrum of power conversion applications.

Electronic Specifier
November 20, 2019
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Ahead of December’s Power Conference in Munich, Bodo Arlt took the opportunity to get an insight into Alex Lidow’s thoughts on where the GaN market is now and where he sees the potential applications for the future. Dr. Lidow is the CEO and Co-founder of Efficient Power Conversion (EPC).

Bodo’s Power Systems
November, 2019
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氮化镓（GaN）及碳化硅（SiC）器件的价格下调，对客户而言，更为吸引。多家供应商推出基于氮化镓及碳化硅的功率半导体，摩拳擦掌，正在爆发新一轮的半导体大战，全速进攻传统硅基器件的市场份额。

Semiconductor Engineering
2019年10月
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GaN transistors, with favorable figures of merit (FOM) for 48 V applications, can provide a reduction in size, weight, and bill of material costs. This article presents a five-phase, fully regulated, bidirectional 48 V to 12 V DC-DC converter. An advancedthermalmanagement solution suitable for use with eGaN FETs results in a system that can provide 3kW of power at an efficiency exceeding 97.5% into a 14.5 V battery.

Power Systems Design
July, 2019
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目前的氮化镓场效应晶体管在尺寸及性能方面以飞快的速度发展，而目前为业界树立基准的氮化镓器件的性能还可以提升多300倍。

最早采用氮化镓器件的应用是利用氮化镓的超快速开关速度，例如面向全自动驾驶汽车和无人机的激光雷达系统、机械人，以及4G/LTE基站。氮化镓器件的产量一直在增加，而其价格跟开关速度更慢、尺寸更大型和日益陈旧的MOSFET器件相约。因此，目前正是氮化镓器件正面攻击MOSET的时候！。

Bodo’s Power System
2019年6月
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宜普电源转换公司（EPC）推出两个全新100 V氮化镓器件，可以支持服务器及汽车应用的48 V转换的要求。 我将在处理器、车用及能量存储系统等方面探讨48 V服务器的功率转换解决方案（可参考我的文章 “双向DC/DC电源供电: 我们应该如何取向？”），未来将在EDN文章中看到。氮化镓功率晶体管必需是这些不同架构的一部分 -- 我相信没有其它更优越的元件可以替代氮化镓器件了 。

Planet Analog
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With the power architecture transition from a 12 V to a 48 V bus power distribution in modern data centers, there is an increased demand to improve 48 V power conversion efficiency and power density. In this context, DC-DC converters designed using eGaN^® FETs and ICs provide a high efficiency and high power density solution. Additionally, with the advent of 48 V power systems in mild-hybrid, hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, GaN transistors can provide a reduction in size, weight, and Bill of Materials (BOM) cost.

Power Systems Design
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当全自动汽车及电力推进系统成为车载应用发展的推动力，在硅衬底上生成氮化镓的功率器件的庞大新兴市场正逐渐崛起。

Design World
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从2010年开始，自硅基氮化镓（GaN）晶体管商用化后，低压氮化镓晶体管推动了很多全新应用的发展。氮化镓器件具备超快速开关，推动全新市场诸如激光雷达、包络跟踪及无线电源市场的出现。这些全新应用进一步实现更强大的供应链、低制造成本及器件前所未有的高可靠性。这些优势使得比较保守的设计工程师在DC/DC转换器、AC/DC转换器及车载等各种应用开始对氮化镓器件进行评估。在本文章系列，我们将讨论多种发挥氮化镓器件优势的应用，实现最终产品差异化的竞争优势。首先，我们会探讨是什么因素加快了氮化镓器件的普及。

Power Systems Design
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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）。

Planet Analog
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Velodyne LiDAR Inc., the recognized global leader in Light, Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology, today announced a groundbreaking design for a solid-state LiDAR sensor that can deliver a subsystem cost of under $50 U.S. when sold in high-volume manufacturing scale.

Venture Beat
December, 13, 2016
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Lidar is a fantastic sensor for autonomous cars. Most companies developing self-driving vehicles seem to agree that the massive amount of long range, high accuracy data that you get from lidar is necessary, especially for complicated and variable urban environments. Really, the only reason why there's been so much focus on getting autonomy to work with just cameras and radar is that cameras and radar are cheap, and lidar is ridiculously expensive.

IEEE Spectrum
December, 13, 2016
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Carmakers and tech firms competing to develop automated vehicles seek a combination of sensors and cameras that provide maximum perception and visibility of surroundings at a cost that’s manageable for mass production.

Forbes
December, 13, 2016
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