宜普电源转换公司（EPC）推出三款激光驱动器电路板，这些板采用了符合AEC-Q101认证标准、快速转换的GaN FET以实现具备卓越性能的激光雷达系统。

EPC推出三款评估板，分别是EPC9179、EPC9181和EPC9180，它采用75 A、125 A、231 A脉冲电流激光驱动器和通过车规级AEC-Q101认证的EPC GaN FET - EPC2252、EPC2204A 和EPC2218A。它比前代氮化镓器件的体积小30%和更具成本效益。这些电路板专为长距离和短距离车载激光雷达系统而设计，通过可选的输入和输出值，加快评估氮化镓基解决方案。

汽车电子在过去30年内经历了几个时代的演变。 从主要采用机械或发动机驱动系统的纯内燃机 (ICE)，到添加电力动力的轻度混合动力 (MHEV)，再到全电池电动汽车 (BEV)应用。 在这三个时代中，用于转换和分配电力的架构甚至基本半导体元件都发生了重大的变化。 本文讨论了这个进化过程和对将来进化的方向做出了一些推测。

Power Systems Design
2023年8月
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宜普电源转换公司(EPC)是增强型氮化镓 (GaN) FET 和 IC产品的领导者，在纽伦堡举行的 PCIM Europe 2023展会上分享了关于氮化镓技术的发展和其应用的演示。 我们与该公司的联合创始人兼首席执行官 Alex Lidow 就电力电子行业和氮化镓技术对行业的影响进行了深度交流。

Electronic Design
2023年5月
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With Electronic Power Steering (EPS), the hydraulic system is replaced with an electric motor that aids the driver only when needed. Its digital assistance control can be modified online to adapt to driving conditions. There are, however, several design constraints to consider. One is that the driver does not want to lack the haptic feedback from the tires, especially when a vehicle is large, such as a truck. Other constraints are determined by safety regulations, particularly for automatic guided vehicles. These constraints require adopting an efficient, accurate and redundant system. Gallium nitride technology helps the designers in all these areas.

Power Electronics News
March, 2023
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With the increase in government mandates to combat climate change, automakers are moving quickly to leverage new technology to respond by switching from the internal combustion engine to electric-drive vehicles. This article presents the design of a 2 kW, two-phase 48 V/12 V bi-directional converter using GaN FETs that achieves 96% efficiency and is targeted for the 48 V mild hybrid system.

PSD North America
March, 2023
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An exploration of a GaN-based design of a 2 kW 48V/12V bi-directional power module for 48 V mild hybrid electric vehicles.

Electronics Today
January, 2023
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EPC推出 80 V、通过AEC-Q101 认证的氮化镓场效应晶体管（GaN FET）EPC2252，为设计人员提供比硅 MOSFET 更小和更高效的解决方案，用于车规级激光雷达、48 V/12 V DC/DC转换和低电感电机驱动器。

作为增强型氮化镓 (eGaN^®) FET 和 IC 的全球领导者，宜普电源转换公司（EPC）进一步扩大已有现货供应的车规级氮化镓晶体管系列，推出80 V、11 mΩ、在 1.5 mm x 1.5 mm 封装内提供 75 A 脉冲电流的EPC2252，比硅MOSFET更小和更高效，适用于自动驾驶和其他先进驾驶辅助系统应用中的车规级激光雷达、48 V/12 V DC/DC转换和低电感电机驱动器。

Power-conversion technologies are experiencing the first tectonic shift since the move from bipolar to MOS. That shift, of course, is due to the viral adoption of wide-bandgap power devices. At this point, GaN is more than a specialty technology; it is a broad-scale replacement for silicon MOSFETs in applications ranging from 30 V up to 650 V — a multibillion-dollar market.

Power Electronics News
December, 2022
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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.

From Nov. 15 to 18, electronica 2022 will bring the international electronics industry together at the Munich exhibition grounds. Wide Bandgap Semiconductors, Renewable Energies, Smart Grid, and Energy Storage will be the major topics covered by the Power Electronics Forum at electronica 2022. In this podcast, onsemi president and CEO Hassane El-Khoury, Silanna Semiconductor North America CEO Mark Drucker, and of Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) CEO Alex Lidow will introduce the Power Electronics Forum. Interview with Alex Lidow starts at 31:55

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Easy Engineering媒体采访了宜普电源转换公司（EPC）的市场营销总监Renee Yawger，了解目前氮化镓器件应用的情况和氮化镓技术的未来。

Easy Engineering
2022年5月
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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公司和ADI公司推出参考设计，采用全面优化的新型模拟控制器来驱动EPC公司的氮化镓场效应晶体管(GaN FET)。新型模拟LTC7890同步氮化镓降压控制器与EPC公司的超高效eGaN^® FET相结合，可实现高达2 MHz的开关频率，从而实现高功率密度和低成本的DC/DC转换。

宜普电源转换公司（EPC）宣布推出EPC9160，这是一款双输出同步降压转换器参考设计，开关频率为2 MHz，可将9 V~24 V的输入电压转换为3.3 V或5 V的输出电压，两个输出的连续电流可高达15 A。由于开关频率高，转换器的尺寸非常小，两个输出都只有23 mm x 22 mm和电感器的厚度只有3 mm。

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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EPC公司的氮化镓专家将在APEC展会分享多项现场演示以阐释氮化镓技术如何为许多行业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3月20日至24日在休斯顿举行的IEEE应用电力电子会议和博览会(APEC 2022)上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1302号展位展出采用新型eGaN^®FET 和 IC的客户的最新产品。

EPC9165 是一款两相、稳压输出电压、48 V/14 V双向转换器，可实现2 kW 的功率和 96.8% 的峰值效率

宜普电源转换公司（EPC）宣布推出EPC9165，这是一款2 kW、两相48 V/14 V双向转换器，在小尺寸内实现97%的峰值效率，非常适合具有高密度和高功率的48V电池组，例如电动和轻型运输所需的电池组。

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

Electronics Today
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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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Wide-bandgap semiconductors like gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC) are changing how people are thinking about power. In this video, Electronic Design talks to Alex Lidow, Founder and CEO of Efficient Powert Conversion (EPC), about the growing role of GaN in advanced embedded applications like automotive, among others such as space.

Electronic Design
January, 2022
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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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