EPC introduces two new 80 V AEC-Q101 qualified GaN FETs, offering designers significantly smaller and more efficient solutions than silicon MOSFETs for automotive 48 V- 12 V DC-DC conversion, infotainment, and lidar for autonomous driving.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — November 2022 — Efficient Power Conversion Corporation, the world’s leader in enhancement-mode gallium nitride (eGaN^®) FETs and ICs, expands the selection of automotive, off-the-shelf gallium nitride transistors with the introduction of 80 V, 6 mΩ EPC2204A that delivers 125 A pulsed current in a 2.5 mm x 1.5 mm footprint and the 80 V, 3.2 mΩ EPC2218A that delivers 231 A pulsed current is a 3.5 mm x 1.95 mm footprint, offering designers significantly smaller and more efficient devices than silicon MOSFETs for automotive DC-DC for 48V-12V conversion, infotainment, and lidar for autonomous driving.

宜普电源转换公司（EPC）新推100 V、2.2 mΩ的氮化镓场效应晶体管（EPC2071）,为设计工程师提供比硅MOSFET更小、更高效的器件，用于高性能、占板面积受限的应用。

全球行业领先供应商宜普电源转换公司为业界提供增强型氮化镓（eGaN^®）功率场效应晶体管和集成电路，最新推出100 V、典型值为1.7 mΩ 的EPC2071氮化镓场效应晶体管，为客户提供更多可选的低压氮化镓晶体管和可以立即发货。

EPC公司的氮化镓专家将在PCIM 欧洲展会分享多项现场演示以阐释卓越的氮化镓技术如何为许多应用的功率转换带来革命性突破，包括计算、通信和e-mobility。

宜普电源转换公司（EPC）团队将于5月10日至12日在德国纽伦堡举行的PCIM 欧洲2022展览进行多场关于氮化镓技术的演讲和专业研讨会，详请如下。 此外，我们将在展位（9号厅、113号展台）展出采用新型eGaN^®FET 和 IC的客户的最新终端产品。

宜普电源转换公司(EPC)宣布推出通过车规认证的晶体管和集成电路最新成员，针对飞行时间（ToF）激光雷达应用，让客户实现具有更高的性能和更小型化的解决方案，用于机器人、无人机、3D传感器和自动驾驶汽车等应用。

EPC公司宣布推出EPC2221，这是一款共源双路氮化镓场效应晶体管，额定电压为100 V、58 mΩ 和 20 A 脉冲电流，可用于机器人、监控系统、无人机、自动驾驶汽车和吸尘器的激光雷达系统。

EPC公司为电源系统设计工程师提供全新的100 V、23 mΩ 功率晶体管（EPC2070），它采用微型芯片级封装并提供34 Ａ脉冲电流，非常适合 60 W、48 V 电源转换器、激光雷达和 LED 照明等应用。

宜普电源转换公司(EPC)宣布推出100 V的氮化镓晶体管（EPC2070），具有23 mΩ 的最大导通阻抗和34 A脉冲输出电流，可在细小的1.1 mm²占板面积实现高效功率转换。

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.

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September, 2021
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宜普电源转换公司（EPC）宣布扩大氮化镓（GaN）集成电路（IC）系列，实现性能更高、更小巧且采用飞行时间（ToF）技术的激光雷达应用，包括机器人、无人机、3D传感器，电玩和自动驾驶汽车等应用。

宜普电源转换公司（EPC）宣布推出激光驱动器IC（EPC21603），在单个芯片上集成了40 V、10 A 场效应晶体管、栅极驱动器和LVDS逻辑电平输入，面向飞行时间（ToF）激光雷达系统，用于机器人、无人机、扩增实境和电玩等应用。

宜普电源转换公司（EPC）推出首个氮化镓（GaN）集成电路（IC）系列，实现性能更高、更小巧且采用飞行时间（ToF）技术的激光雷达应用，包括机器人、无人机、3D传感器和自动驾驶汽车等应用。

宜普电源转换公司（EPC）宣布推出激光驱动器IC(EPC21601)，在单个芯片上集成了40 V、10 A 场效应晶体管、栅极驱动器和3.3 V逻辑电平输入，面向飞行时间（ToF）激光雷达系统，用于机器人、监控保安系统、无人机、全自动驾驶汽车和吸尘器。

The ultimate aim of Artificial Intelligence is to provide machines the ability to operate autonomously. One such area which is projected to grow exponentially over the next decade is Autonomous Vehicles. With Artificial Intelligence coupled with the rapid advances in electronics and computer technology, the word driverless will soon take over the roads.

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October, 2020
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新一代100 V 氮化镓场效应晶体管（eGaN^® FET）是48 V_OUT同步整流、D类音频放大器、汽车信息娱乐及激光雷达系统的理想功率器件。

增强型硅基氮化镓（eGaN）功率场效应晶体管和集成电路的全球领导厂商宜普电源转换公司（EPC）最新推出的两款100 V eGaN FET（EPC2218及EPC2204），性能更高并且成本更低，可立即发货。采用这些先进氮化镓器件的应用非常广阔，包括同步整流器、D类音频放大器、汽车信息娱乐系统、DC/DC转换器（硬开关和谐振式）和面向全自动驾驶汽车、机械人及无人机的激光雷达系统。

Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) will showcase the company’s latest ePower™ Stage IC family of products showing how GaN technology’s superior performance is transforming power delivery for computing, communications, robotics, and transportation at the PCIM Europe 2020 Digital Days.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.— June 2020 — The EPC team will be delivering three technical presentations and participating in two panel discussions on gallium nitride (GaN) technology and applications at the upcoming PCIM Europe 2020 Digital Days, July 7 – 8. In addition, the company will participate in the event’s virtual exhibit, showing its latest eGaN FETs and ICs in customers’ end products that are rapidly adopting eGaN technology.

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.

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November 20, 2019
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EPC's chief executive, Alex Lidow, believes his GaN devices now beat silicon on performance and price, reports Rebecca Pool.

For EPC chief executive, Alex Lidow, this year's PCIM Europe 2019 has been all about applications. Presenting myriad enhanced-mode GaN FETs and ICs in end-products, the company is making a big play for 48 V DC-DC power conversion in advanced computing and automotives.

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在此播客，我们跟宜普电源转换公司（EPC）的Alex Lidow谈论关于应用于车联网的氮化镓（GaN）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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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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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.

宜普电源转换公司（EPC）首席执行官Alex Lidow分析无人驾驶汽车行业的前景及实现该行业潜能的相关技术。

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2017年3月17日
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Light detection and ranging (lidar) is a versatile light-based remote sensing technology that recently has been the subject of great attention. It has shown up in a number of media venues and has even led to public debate about the engineering choices of a well-known electric car company, Tesla Motors. While this article is not going to enter the fray, it will provide some background on lidar and discuss its strong connection to power electronics technologies.

Published in: IEEE Power Electronics Magazine ( Volume: 4, Issue: 1, March 2017 )
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宜普电源转换公司(EPC)于本年1月在拉斯维加斯举行的CES 2017展览演示氮化镓（GaN）如何成为全自动驾驶车辆背后的重要技术、没有电源线的未来家居、联网汽车及药丸内含微型X光系统以非侵入式方法进行结肠镜检查。可以替代半导体业界最常用的硅器件是一种名为氮化镓（GaN）的全新材料，而性能更优越的EPC的GaN器件名为eGaN器件。硅技术帮助Intel公司建立其王国，它有可能被GaN替代吗？你将从本播客知道更多。硅技术在数字时代的日子将不会长久，而各家公司必需颠覆破坏其对手，抑或是被颠覆破坏。喜欢技术及希望知道业界发展方向的朋友会喜欢本播客。嘉宾资料：Alex Lidow博士是EPC公司的首席执行官兼共同创办人。他会为大家解答氮化镓是什么、为何使用氮化镓技术及该技术何去何从等问题。

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