宜普電源轉換公司（EPC）推出三款雷射驅動器電路板，這些板採用了符合AEC-Q101認證標準、快速轉換的GaN FET以實現具備卓越性能的光達系統。

EPC推出三款評估板，分別是EPC9179、EPC9181和EPC9180，它採用75 A、125 A、231 A脉衝電流雷射驅動器和通過車規級AEC-Q101認證的EPC GaN FET - EPC2252、EPC2204A 和EPC2218A。它比前代氮化鎵元件的體積小30%和更具成本效益。這些電路板專為長距離和短距離車載光達系統而設計，通過可選的輸入和輸出值，加快評估氮化鎵基解決方案。

汽車電子在過去30年内經歷了幾個時代的演變。 從主要採用機械或發動機驅動系統的純內燃機 (ICE)，到添加電力動力的輕度混合動力 (MHEV)，再到全電池電動汽車 (BEV)應用。 在這三個時代中，用於轉換和分配電力的架構甚至基本半導體元件都發生了重大的變化。 本文討論了這個進化過程和對將來進化的方向做出了一些推測。

Power Systems Design
2023年8月
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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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With Electronic Power Steering (EPS), the hydraulic system is replaced with an electric motor that aids the driver only when needed. Its digital assistance control can be modified online to adapt to driving conditions. There are, however, several design constraints to consider. One is that the driver does not want to lack the haptic feedback from the tires, especially when a vehicle is large, such as a truck. Other constraints are determined by safety regulations, particularly for automatic guided vehicles. These constraints require adopting an efficient, accurate and redundant system. Gallium nitride technology helps the designers in all these areas.

Power Electronics News
March, 2023
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With the increase in government mandates to combat climate change, automakers are moving quickly to leverage new technology to respond by switching from the internal combustion engine to electric-drive vehicles. This article presents the design of a 2 kW, two-phase 48 V/12 V bi-directional converter using GaN FETs that achieves 96% efficiency and is targeted for the 48 V mild hybrid system.

PSD North America
March, 2023
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An exploration of a GaN-based design of a 2 kW 48V/12V bi-directional power module for 48 V mild hybrid electric vehicles.

Electronics Today
January, 2023
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EPC推出80 V、通過AEC-Q101 認證的氮化鎵場效應電晶體（GaN FET）EPC2252，為設計人員提供比矽MOSFET更小和更高效的解決方案，用於車規級光達、48 V/12 V DC/DC轉換和低電感馬達控制器。

作為增强型氮化鎵 (eGaN^®)FET和IC的全球領導者，宜普電源轉換公司（EPC）進一步擴大已有現貨供應的車規級氮化鎵電晶體系列，推出80 V、11 mΩ、在 1.5 mm x 1.5 mm封裝內提供75 A脉衝電流的EPC2252，比矽MOSFET更小和更高效，適用於自動駕駛和其他先進駕駛輔助系統應用中的車規級光達、48 V/12 V DC/DC轉換和低電感馬達控制器。

Power-conversion technologies are experiencing the first tectonic shift since the move from bipolar to MOS. That shift, of course, is due to the viral adoption of wide-bandgap power devices. At this point, GaN is more than a specialty technology; it is a broad-scale replacement for silicon MOSFETs in applications ranging from 30 V up to 650 V — a multibillion-dollar market.

Power Electronics News
December, 2022
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EPC introduces two new 80 V AEC-Q101 qualified GaN FETs, offering designers significantly smaller and more efficient solutions than silicon MOSFETs for automotive 48 V- 12 V DC-DC conversion, infotainment, and lidar for autonomous driving.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — November 2022 — Efficient Power Conversion Corporation, the world’s leader in enhancement-mode gallium nitride (eGaN^®) FETs and ICs, expands the selection of automotive, off-the-shelf gallium nitride transistors with the introduction of 80 V, 6 mΩ EPC2204A that delivers 125 A pulsed current in a 2.5 mm x 1.5 mm footprint and the 80 V, 3.2 mΩ EPC2218A that delivers 231 A pulsed current is a 3.5 mm x 1.95 mm footprint, offering designers significantly smaller and more efficient devices than silicon MOSFETs for automotive DC-DC for 48V-12V conversion, infotainment, and lidar for autonomous driving.

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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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)宣佈推出通過車規認證的電晶體和積體電路最新成員，面向飛行時間（ToF）光達應用，讓客戶實現具有更高的性能和更小的解決方案，用於機器人、無人機、3D 感測器和自動駕駛車輛等應用。

EPC公司宣佈推出 EPC2221，這是一款共源雙路氮化鎵場效應電晶體，額定電壓爲100 V、58 mΩ 和 20 A脈衝電流，可用於機器人、監控系統、無人機、自動駕駛車輛和吸塵器的光達系統。

EPC公司和ADI公司推出參考設計，採用完面優化的新型模擬控制器來驅動EPC公司的氮化鎵場效應電晶體(GaN FET)。新型類比LTC7890同步氮化鎵降壓控制器與EPC公司的超高效eGaN^® FET相結合，可實現高達2 MHz的開關頻率，從而實現高功率密度和低成本的DC/DC轉換。

宜普電源轉換公司（EPC）宣佈推出EPC9160，這是一款雙輸出同步降壓轉換器参考設計，開關频率為2 MHz，可將9 V~24 V的输入電壓转换为3.3 V或5 V的輸出電壓，兩個輸出的連續電流可高達15 A。由於開關頻率高，轉換器的尺寸非常小，兩個輸出都只有23 mm x 22 mm和電感器的厚度只有3 mm。

Automotive 48 V/12 V converters are essential in modern hybrid electric vehicles, as the energy is exchanged between the 48 V and 12 V buses. This two-voltage system accommodates legacy 12 V systems and provides higher power for 48V to loads such as vacuum and water pumps, electric super chargers, steering, and audio systems. Among all the requirements for the 48 V/12 V converter, efficiency, power density, size and cost are on the top of the list. This article addresses these design criteria by employing the GaN ePower™ Stage, EPC23101, and compares it with a previous design using discrete EPC2206 devices.

Bodo’s Power Systems
March, 2022
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EPC公司的氮化鎵專家將在APEC展會分享多項現場演示以闡釋氮化鎵技術如何爲許多行業的功率轉換帶來革命性突破，包括計算、通信和e-mobility。

宜普電源轉換公司（EPC）團隊將於3月20日至24日在休斯頓舉行的IEEE應用電力電子會議和博覽會(APEC 2022)上進行多場關於氮化鎵技術的演講和專業研討會，詳請如下。 此外，我們將在1302號展位展出採用新型eGaN^®FET 和 IC的客戶的最新產品。

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。

This article presents the design and performance of an automotive buck/reverse-boost converter with GaN for efficient 48 V power distribution.

Electronics Today
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Demonstrating the design of a bi-directional DC-DC converter for automotive 48 V power distribution, showing how GaN technology is a powerful enabler for efficient electrification. The trend towards increasing electrification in the automotive industry enables car makers both to deliver new innovations to market cost-effectively and to meet increasingly stringent emissions legislation. Raising the vehicle’s main bus voltage to 48 V helps meet the demands of power-hungry systems such as the start-stop motor/generator of a mild hybrid vehicle, as well as loads such as electric power steering, electric supercharging, and vacuum and water pumps.

Bodo’s Power Systems
December, 2021
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Wide-bandgap semiconductors like gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC) are changing how people are thinking about power. In this video, Electronic Design talks to Alex Lidow, Founder and CEO of Efficient Powert Conversion (EPC), about the growing role of GaN in advanced embedded applications like automotive, among others such as space.

Electronic Design
January, 2022
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The year 2021 was a transitional year in which the world decided to open its doors to GaN. In this interview with Power Electronics News during CES week, GaN industry experts confirmed that GaN is now proving its superiority over silicon.

Power Electronics News
January, 2022
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