In this episode of PowerUP featuring Alex Lidow, CEO of EPC, we delve into an examination of the revolutionary implications of GaN technology across a range of applications, with a specific focus on motor control and LiDAR systems.

Power Electronics News
February, 2024
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宜普電源轉換公司(EPC)是增强型氮化鎵 (GaN) FET 和 IC產品的領導者，在紐倫堡舉行的 PCIM Europe 2023展會上分享了關於氮化鎵技術的發展和其應用的演示。 我們與該公司的聯合創始人暨首席執行長 Alex Lidow 就電力電子行業和氮化鎵技術對行業的影響進行了深度交流。

Electronic Design
2023年5月
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From Nov. 15 to 18, electronica 2022 will bring the international electronics industry together at the Munich exhibition grounds. Wide Bandgap Semiconductors, Renewable Energies, Smart Grid, and Energy Storage will be the major topics covered by the Power Electronics Forum at electronica 2022. In this podcast, onsemi president and CEO Hassane El-Khoury, Silanna Semiconductor North America CEO Mark Drucker, and of Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) CEO Alex Lidow will introduce the Power Electronics Forum. Interview with Alex Lidow starts at 31:55

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The development of gallium nitride technology has ushered in a new age for power electronics. The greater bandgap, critical field, and electron mobility are the three factors that affect GaN technology the most. To concentrate on expanding motor drive applications based on GaN technology in the e-mobility, robotics, drone, and industrial automation areas, EPC has opened a new design application center close to Turin, Italy.

EE Times Europe
September, 2022
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It’s getting harder to avoid using GaN power transistors and ICs, says Alex Lidow. There are many reasons to use GaN-on-Si power transistors such as eGaN FETs, in telecoms, vehicles, healthcare and computing. Smaller, faster, lower cost, and more integrated, GaN-on-Si devices have spent a decade gaining the confidence and trust of designers across the spectrum of power conversion applications.

Electronic Specifier
November 20, 2019
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It’s okay to start using gallium-nitride (GaN) devices in your new designs. GaN transistors have become extremely popular in recent years. These wide-bandgap devices have been replacing LDMOS transistors in many power applications. For example, GaN devices are broadly being adopted for new RF power amplifiers used in cellular base stations, radar, satellites, and other high-frequency applications. In general, their ability to endure higher voltages and operate at frequencies well into the millimeter-wave (mmWave) range have them replacing traditional RF power transistors in most amplifier configurations.

Electronic Design
November, 2019
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針對DC/DC、雷射雷達（LiDAR）、無線電源及其他很多應用的客戶群正在不斷地擴大，宜普電源轉換公司（EPC）繼續其創新之路，在2019年3月及4月裡，於全球著名展覽會與設計工程師會面並答疑解難，旨在幫助工程師發揮氮化鎵技術的優勢，攜手打造共創共贏的局面。

宜普電源轉換公司(EPC)的專家於全球展覽會與設計工程師會面，希望加深與氮化鎵技術相關的知識交流，使得工程師可以利用基於氮化鎵元件的解決方案，創新新一代的設計。

In this conference GaN market and technology status will be addressed and its future evolution will be debated by mixing visions from designers, manufacturers, and end users.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — January 2019 — Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) is joining forces with Yole Développement (Yole) and SEMI to sponsor the first ever ‘GaN Con,’ an industry networking event covering the entire power GaN industry from manufacturers to end users. The theme of GaN Con is “Power GaN: From promises to possible market explosion” and is focused on the emerging GaN market and the state-of-the-art for its underlying technology.

氮化鎵技術已經成熟至可以挑戰傳統的矽技術。從2010年起，商用的低壓矽基氮化鎵功率元件實現了很多全新應用。具備高速開關性能的氮化鎵元件也推動了全新市場的出現，例如雷射雷達、波峰追蹤及無線電源市場。這些全新應用有助供應鏈的開發、實現低製造成本及良好的元件可靠性記錄。這一切對於比較保守的DC/DC轉換器、AC/DC轉換器及車載應用的設計工程師來說，是很好的理據，是時候開始對氮化鎵元件進行評了。本文探討加快採納氮化鎵元件的各項因素。

Electronics Weekly
2019年1月
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當全自動車輛及電力推進系統成為車載應用發展的推動力，在矽基板上生成氮化鎵的功率元件的龐大新興市場正逐漸崛起。

Design World
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從2010年開始，自矽基氮化鎵（GaN）電晶體商用化後，低壓氮化鎵電晶體推動了很多全新應用的發展。氮化鎵元件具備超快速開關，推動全新市場諸如雷射雷達、波峰追蹤及無線電源市場的出現。這些全新應用進一步實現更強大的供應鏈、低製造成本及元件前所未有的高可靠性。這些優勢使得比較保守的設計工程師在DC/DC轉換器、AC/DC轉換器及車載等各種應用開始對氮化鎵元件進行評估。在本文章系列，我們將討論多種發揮氮化鎵元件優勢的應用，實現最終產品差異化的競爭優勢。首先，我們會探討是甚麼因素加快了氮化鎵元件的普及。

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EPC CEO & Co-Founder, Alex Lidow was a featured guest on Cheddar TV sharing how GaN technology is enabling new and disruptive technologies, such as LiDAR for self-driving cars and power conversion transistors and ICs for wide-area wireless power and medtech.

Cheddar
September 11, 2017
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The year is 2022. You sit down at your office desk, back from Ikea with your new lamp. You take it out of the box, place it on the table, and it illuminates the workspace immediately. You then take your MacBook out of your backpack, place it to the right of the lamp, and it starts charging instantly. It sounds unreasonable to think that all this could become reality in just a few years. But behind closed doors, this technology already exists.

“A couple of months ago, we demonstrated an entire table top where everything on it was powered wirelessly,” Alex Lidow, CEO of EPC, tells Inverse. “A lamp, computer monitor, computer, cell phones being charged… all sorts of stuff.”

Inverse Innovation
August, 2017
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Since Nikola Tesla first experimented with wireless power during the early 1900s, there has been a quest to “cut the cord” – and go wireless. Today’s applications for wireless power undoubtedly extend far beyond Tesla’s wildest imagination, as we now have the ability to wirelessly charge cell phones, power tools, and even buses while at their scheduled stops, not to mention airborne drones while flying. However, despite strong consumer and business demand for wireless charging, power cords still reign. What explains the lag in our ability to power all of our electronic devices and appliances wirelessly?

ITProPortal
August 2, 2017
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During our lifetime furniture design has been primarily dictated by style. However, as we become gradually more entangled in the internet of things, function is going to become increasingly important.

Future of Everything
July 20, 2017
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GaN power element technology has found its way into a major application in the industry with the release of the Dell Latitude computer using the AirFuel standard.

Planet Analog
July 19, 2017
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EPCが無線充電用途向けeGaN FETとパワーキットに関するデータ一覧

日経BP社
2017年6月15日
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業界資深技術專家Alex Lidow的使命，是帮助您對電子設備供電而不需使用電源線`。

Seeker
2017年6月
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With the current maturity of Class-D audio amplifier architectures, amplifier fidelity and efficiency limitations are primarily at the device level. Silicon MOSFETs have been evolving for almost forty years, and their progress towards a perfect switch has slowed dramatically. There are some fundamental characteristics of MOSFETs that degrade sound quality and efficiency. In 2010, the enhancement mode Gallium nitride (GaN) power FET was introduced by Efficient Power Conversion (EPC), providing a large step towards the perfect switch.

Audio Engineering Society
May 11, 2017
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Wireless charging promises a cord-free future, one that offers freedom from being tethered to the end of a charging cable. One company might have its finger on the pulse for this wirelessly powered future. Alexander Lidow is the CEO and founder of Efficient Power Conversion, a company looking to expand upon its namesake. EPC most notably displays how it wants to revolutionize wireless charging with a seemingly simple desktop.

Interesting Engineering
May 23, 2017
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