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2019年は、EPCのGaNの革新と、成果を上げたGaNの複数のユース・ケースで記憶に残る年でした。EPCの最新世代のGaN製品は、オン抵抗R_DS(on)が低く、効率が高く、熱特性が向上し、小型で低コストであるため、パワー段の優位性を強化することができました。現在、これまで以上に、パワー・システムの設計者は、シリコン・デバイスから高性能のGaN部品に切り替えています。

Prognosticators do not often risk their reputations by giving their predictions a “checkup” midway through the period of their predictions. But, I am going to give it a shot and here we go…

In March 2010 Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) proudly launched our GaN technology at the CIPS conference in Nuremberg, Germany.  Parts and development kits were readily available off-the shelf and therefore designers could immediately get started with a new state-of-the-art semiconductor technology.

At that time, we listed four key attributes we believed a new semiconductor technology needed in order to be really disruptive to the end markets.  A lot has happened in the six years since.  GaN has continued to ascend as the presumptive replacement for the aging power MOSFET, yet there are still a few design engineers and technical managers that remain skeptical.  So let’s look again at these four key attributes and see where GaN stands in addressing them.