This article discusses the advantages of GaN-based power stages and introduces a sample device from EPC, implemented in a half-bridge topology. It explains how to use associated development kits to quickly get started on a project. In the process, designers will learn how to measure the parameters of a BLDC motor and operate it in sensorless field orientation control (FOC) with minimal programming effort using Microchip Technology’s motorBench Development Suite.

Digi-Key Electronics
April, 2023
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宜普電源轉換公司(EPC)推出新型氮化鎵積體電路EPC21701，這是一款 80 V雷射驅動器IC，可提供15 A脉衝電流，適用於飛行時間(ToF)光達應用，包括真空吸塵器、機器人、3D安全攝像頭和 3D感測器。

EPC 宣佈推出EPC21701，這是一款單晶片雷射驅動器，包含80 V、40 A FET、閘極驅動器和3.3邏輯電平輸入，用於飛行時間光達系統，包括用於機器人、監控系統和真空吸塵器。 它專為用於手勢識別、飛行時間 (ToF)測量、機器人視覺或工業安全的光達系統量身定制。

基於氮化鎵元件的逆變器參考設計EPC9173無論是在尺寸、性能、續航里程、精度和扭矩方面，優化了電機系統，而且簡化設計和加快產品推出市場的時間。我們可以把這種微型逆變器放進電機外殼中，從而把EMI減到最小、實現最高的功率密度和最輕的重量。

宜普電源轉換公司（EPC）宣佈推出EPC9173，它是一款三相無刷直流馬達驅動逆變器，採用具備嵌入式閘極驅動器功能的EPC23101 eGaN^®積體電路和一個3.3 mΩ 導通電阻的浮動功率氮化鎵場效應電晶體。EPC9173在20 V和85 V之間的輸入電源電壓下工作，峰值電流可高達50 Apk（35 A_RMS）。這種電壓範圍和功率水平使該解決方案成為各種馬達控制應用的理想元件，包括電動自行車、滑板車、城市汽車、無人機和機器人。

Easy Engineering媒體採訪了宜普電源轉換公司（EPC）的市場行銷總監Renee Yawger，瞭解目前氮化鎵元件應用的情況和氮化鎵技術的未來。

Easy Engineering
2022年5月
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宜普電源轉換公司（EPC）推出ePower晶片組系列。該系列集成了100 V氮化鎵驅動器和場效應電晶體，可實現高達65 A的輸出電流，爲高功率密度應用提供更高的性能和更小型化的解決方案，包括DC/DC轉換和馬達控制等應用。

宜普電源轉換公司宣佈推出100 V、65 A的積體電路晶片組，專爲48 V DC/DC轉換而設計，用於高密度運算應用和用於電動汽車、機器人和無人機的48 V BLDC馬達控制器。

November 3, 2021 - Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC), the world’s leader in enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon (eGaN^®) power FETs and ICs, has won the Product of the Year 2021 – Power Semiconductor/Driver IC of the prestigious World Electronics Achievement Awards (WEAA) for EPC21601 eToF™ Laser Driver IC.

The WEAA scheme honors products that have made outstanding contributions to the innovation and development of the electronics industry worldwide. A committee comprising of ASPENCORE global senior industry analysts and online users worldwide select the winners. ASPENCORE is the largest electronics industry media and SaaS group in the world featuring media titles including EE Times and EDN.

GaN transistors and ICs increase power density in motor drive applications. An optimal lay-out approach allows obtaining ring-free output switching waveforms and clean current reconstruction signals either from leg shunts or from in-phase shunts.

EEPower
October, 2021
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氮化鎵電晶體和積體電路提高了馬達控制應用的功率密度。最佳佈局允許從橋臂分流器或同相分流器獲得沒有振鈴噪聲的輸出開關波形和“乾淨“的電流重建信號。

Bodo’s Power Systems
2021 年 6 月
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Manufacturers of GaN power semiconductors showcased their latest products, from 100 V to 650-V devices at PCIM Europe. PCIM Europe showcased several presentations about the benefits and use cases of wide bandgap (WGG) semiconductors, including gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC). Several manufacturers, including EPC, GaN Systems, Infineon, Nexperia, and STMicroelectronics announced several new families of GaN power semiconductors during the week.

Electronic Products
May, 2021
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Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) will showcase the company’s latest enhancement-mode gallium nitride-based FETs and ICs demonstrating how GaN technology’s superior performance is transforming power delivery for automotive, computing, and robotics at the PCIM Europe 2021 Digital Days.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.— April 2021 — The EPC team will be delivering two technical presentations, an educational tutorial, an exhibitor webinar, and participating in panel discussions on gallium nitride (GaN) technology and applications at the upcoming PCIM Europe 2021 Digital Days, May 3 – 7. In addition, the company will participate in the event’s virtual exhibition, showing its latest eGaN FETs and ICs in customers’ end products that are rapidly adopting eGaN^® technology.

氮化鎵電晶體和積體電路通過消除輸入濾波器中的電解電容，以提高馬達控制應用的功率密度。氮化鎵元件的卓越開關性能可消除死區時間且實現無與倫比的正弦電壓和電流波形，從而實現更平滑且沒有雜訊的操作。

Bodo’s Power Systems
2021年4月
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Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) announces that the EPC2152 ePower™ Stage IC has received the 2020 Elektra Award for Semiconductor Product of the Year (Analogue).

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.— March 2021 — EPC’s ePower™ stage, EPC2152 Integrated Circuit (IC), has been honored with an Elektra Award 2020 in the Semiconductor Product of the Year – Analogue category. The award presentation was announced on March 25^th during a virtual awards ceremony hosted by Electronics Weekly. These prestigious annual awards have been running for over 19 years to reward and recognize companies and individuals for their excellent performance, innovation, and contribution to the global electronics industry. Judging is carried out by an independently and unbiased, diverse, and knowledgeable panel of industry experts.

氮化鎵技術發展迅速，在開發出多代全新離散元件後，具備更高效、更小尺寸和成本更低等優勢的新世代積體電路繼續崛起。氮化鎵積體電路讓產品可以更小型化、開關更快、更高效且更易於設計。

Power Systems Design
2021年3月 (第36-39頁)
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Gallium nitride (GaN) power devices have been in production for over 10 years and, beyond just performance and cost improvements, the most significant opportunity for GaN technology to impact the power conversion market comes from the intrinsic ability to integrate multiple devices on the same substrate. This capability will allow monolithic power systems to be designed on a single chip in a more straightforward, higher efficiency, and more cost-effective way.

Power Electronic News
March, 2021
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New family of laser driver IC products will enable faster adoption and increased ubiquity of ToF solutions across a wider array of end-user applications.

How2Power
March, 2021
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宜普電源轉換公司（EPC）推出氮化鎵（GaN）積體電路（IC）系列，實現性能更高、更小巧且採用飛行時間（ToF）技術的光達應用，包括機器人、無人機、3D感測器和自動駕駛車輛等應用。

宜普電源轉換公司（EPC）宣佈推出雷射驅動器IC(EPC21601)，在單個晶片上集成了40 V、10 A 場效應電晶體、閘極驅動器和3.3 V邏輯電平輸入，面向採用飛時測距（ToF）技術的光達系統，用於機器人、監控保安系統、無人機、全自動駕駛車輛和吸塵器。

EPC’s ePower™ Stage EPC2152 Integrated Circuit has been selected as a finalist in the Semiconductor Product of the Year – Analogue category, in this year’s Elektra Awards.  These prestigious annual awards have been running for over 19 years to reward and recognize companies and individuals for their excellent performance, innovation and contribution to the global electronics industry.

Companies are invited to enter individual categories and must demonstrate how innovative their product is, how it addresses its intended application better than incumbent products and what additional applications or markets could be opened-up.  Judging is carried out by an independently and unbiased, diverse, and knowledgeable panel of industry experts.  Due to the current COVID restrictions the Elektra Awards ceremony this year will be held virtually on 25th March and the winners announced during the event.

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minnesota, USA – Digi-Key Electronics, the leading global electronic components distributor, announced that it has partnered with Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) to host a webinar on how to harness the power of eGaN FETS and ICs for motor drives. The webinar will take place on October 28 at 8 a.m. PST.

Register for the Harness the Power of GaN for Smaller, Lighter, More Precise Motor Drives webinar at EPC’s webinar page

An integrated circuit made using GaN-on-Si substrates has been in production for over five years. The ultimate goal is to achieve a single component IC that merely requires a simple digital input from a microcontroller and produces a power output that drives a load efficiently, reliably under all conditions, in the smallest space possible, and economically. Discrete power transistors, whether silicon-based or GaN-on-Si, are entering their final chapter. Integrated GaN-on-Si can offer higher performance in a smaller footprint with significantly reduced engineering required.

IEEE Power Electronics Magazine
March 2020
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宜普電源轉換公司（EPC）推出全新積體電路(IC)系列的首個產品，為高功率密度應用諸如DC/DC轉換、電機驅動及D類放大器，提供更高性能及更小型化的解決方案。

宜普電源轉換公司（EPC）宣佈推出80 V、12.5 A的功率級積體電路，專為48 V DC/DC轉換而設計，用於具有高功率密度的運算應用及針對電動車的電機驅動器。