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、穩壓輸出電壓、48 V/14 V雙向轉換器，可實現 2 kW 的功率和 96.8% 的峰值效率

宜普電源轉換公司（EPC）宣佈推出 EPC9165，這是一款 2 kW、两相 48 V/14 V雙向轉換器，在小尺寸內實現 97% 的峰值效率，非常適合具有高密度和高功率的48 V電池組，例如電動和輕型運輸所需的電池組。