EPC Technical Articles

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Comparison of Silicon Versus Gallium Nitride FETs for the Use in Power Inverters for Brushless DC Servo Motors

Since the Robotics and Mechatronics Institute is highly interested in the improvement of sensor and power electronics, we used the opportunity of this new robot development to evaluate the new enhancement mode Gallium Nitride FET technology from EPC and compare it with our up to this time best inverter design.

Bodo’s Power Systems
By Robin Gruber, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
March, 2014