Aerospace and Defense GaN Application

Lidar / Pulsed Power

TimeLidar / Pulsed Power
Fast, High Current Switching

Lidar (Light Distancing and Ranging) systems use pulsed lasers to rapidly provide a high-resolution, 360-degree, three dimensional images. This technology is increasingly used for autonomous rendezvous and docking in spaceflight as well as for robotics. In lidar, the speed of the laser is critical to getting extremely high-resolution images.

Other pulsed power applications benefit from the extremely fast switching of GaN FETs and ICs with current capability ranging from 10 A to more than 200 A.

GaN FETs and integrated circuits are the logical choice to use for firing a laser because the GaN devices can be triggered to create high-current pulses with extremely short pulse widths. The short pulse width leads to higher resolution, and the higher pulse current allows lidar system to see farther. These two characteristics, along with the extremely small size, make GaN FETs and ICs ideal for lidar systems.

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Reference Designs

Time of Flight(ToF)/Lidar Reference Designs

  Part
Number
Default
Configuration
Description VBUS
(max)
VINPUT
(max)
TPin
(min)
Max
Pulse (A)
Featured Product
EPC9165 Demonstration Board
EPC9144 IToF High Current Pulsed Laser Diode Driver Demo Board 12 5 1 ns 28 EPC2216 Buy Now
EPC9165 Demonstration Board
EPC9154 IToF High Current Pulsed Laser Diode Driver Demo Board 30 5 2 ns 10 EPC21601 Buy Now
EPC9165 Demonstration Board
EPC9156 IToF High Current Pulsed Laser Diode Driver Demo Board 30 5 2 ns 10 EPC21603 Buy Now
EPC9179 Reference Board
EPC9179 諧振脉衝式直接飛行時間(DToF) 大脈衝電流的鐳射二極體驅動器的演示電路板 70 5 2 ns 75 EPC2252 尋找授權經銷商
EPC9181 Reference Board
EPC9181 諧振脉衝式直接飛行時間(DToF) 大脈衝電流的鐳射二極體驅動器的演示電路板 70 5 2 ns 125 EPC2204A 尋找授權經銷商
EPC9180 Reference Board
EPC9180 諧振脉衝式直接飛行時間(DToF) 大脈衝電流的鐳射二極體驅動器的演示電路板 70 5 2 ns 230 EPC2218A 尋找授權經銷商
EPC9165 Demonstration Board
EPC9150 Resonant Pulse DToF High Current Pulsed Laser Diode Driver Demo Board 160 5 1 ns 220 EPC2034C Buy Now

EPC’s application team is constantly working on new reference designs. If there is a requirement not met by the listed boards, please contact us via Ask a GaN Expert to discuss your application further.

Half-bridge development boards are available for quick evaluation of most eGaN FETs and ICs.

Products

Recommended GaN Devices for ToF/Lidar

產品型號 狀況 配置 VDS
最大值
VGS
最大值
最大值
RDS(on)
(mΩ)
@5VGS
QG
典型值
(nC)
QGS
典型值
(nC)
QGD
典型值
(nC)
QOSS
典型值
(nC)
ID (A) 脈衝電流 ID
(A)
封裝
(mm)
EPC2040 Active 單路 15 6 30 0.745 0.23 0.14 0.42 3.4 28 BGA 0.85 x 1.2 尋找授權經銷商
EPC2216 Active 單路和AEC認證 15 6 26 0.87 0.21 0.13 0.53 3.4 28 BGA 0.85 x 1.2 尋找授權經銷商
EPC21601 Preferred 單路eToF™ 雷射驅動器 40 5 1.5 3.4 15 BGA 1 x 1.5 尋找授權經銷商
EPC21603 Preferred 單路eToF™ 雷射驅動器 40 5 1.5 3.4 15 BGA 1 x 1.5 尋找授權經銷商
EPC2219 Preferred 帶閘極二極體的單路、AEC認證 65 5.75 3300 0.049 0.023 0.0037 0.114 0.5 0.5 BGA 0.9 x 0.9 尋找授權經銷商
EPC2219 Preferred 帶閘極二極體的單路、AEC認證 6 BGA 0.9 x 0.9 尋找授權經銷商
EPC21701 Preferred 單路eToF™ 雷射驅動器 80 5.5 4.2 7.2 15 BGA 1.7 x 1 尋找授權經銷商
EPC2203 Active 單路和AEC認證 80 5.75 80 0.67 0.22 0.12 3.6 1.7 17 BGA 0.9 x 0.9 尋找授權經銷商
EPC2214 Active 單路和AEC認證 80 6 20 1.8 0.5 0.3 8 10 47 BGA 1.35 x 1.35 尋找授權經銷商
EPC2252 Preferred 單路和AEC認證 80 6 11 3.5 1 0.5 15 8.2 75 BGA 1.5x1.5 尋找授權經銷商
EPC2204A Preferred 單路和AEC認證 80 6 6 5.7 1.8 0.8 25 29 125 LGA 2.5 x 1.5 尋找授權經銷商
EPC2218A Preferred 單路和AEC認證 80 6 3.2 10.5 3.2 1.5 46 60 231 LGA 3.5 x 1.95 尋找授權經銷商
EPC2221 Preferred 帶閘極二極體的單路和AEC認證 100 6 58 0.85 0.27 0.19 4.7 5 20 BGA 1.35 x 1.35 尋找授權經銷商
EPC2070 Preferred 單路 100 6 23 1.9 0.6 0.2 6 1.7 34 BGA 0.85 x 1.3 尋找授權經銷商
EPC2044 Preferred 單路 100 6 10.5 4.3 1.3 0.5 15 9.4 89 BGA 2.15 x 1.25 尋找授權經銷商
EPC2204 Preferred 單路 100 6 6 5.7 1.8 0.8 25 29 125 LGA 2.5 x 1.5 尋找授權經銷商
EPC2088 Preferred 單路 100 6 3.2 12.5 4.4 1.4 47 60 231 LGA 3.5 x 1.95 尋找授權經銷商
EPC2207 Preferred 單路 200 6 22 4.5 1.3 0.7 23 14 54 LGA 2.8 x 0.925 尋找授權經銷商
EPC2307 Engr 單路 200 6 10 10.6 3.8 1.3 58 48 130 QFN 3 x 5 尋找授權經銷商
EPC2215 Preferred 單路 200 6 8 13.6 3.3 2.1 69 32 162 LGA 4.6 x 1.6 尋找授權經銷商
EPC2304 Engr 單路 200 6 5 21 7.5 2.6 115 102 260 QFN 3 x 5 尋找授權經銷商
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