With increasing legislation aimed at higher fuel efficiency standards, vehicle manufacturers are searching for cost-effective solutions to meet these demands while still providing the power required for ever-increasing electronically driven functions.  This article details a bi-directional high power converter for mild-hybrid cars and battery backup units using GaN FETs to achieve efficiency exceeding 96% when converting from 48 V to 14.3 V at 500 kHz switching frequency.

Power Electronics Europe
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In this PCIM interview EPC CEO, Alex Lidow, explains how GaN FETs and ICs developed by EPC provide the short pulse widths needed for higher-resolution LiDAR that enable autonomy as well as other vision-based systems.

Electronic Design
May, 2022
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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。