宜普电源转换公司（EPC）的两个车规级氮化镓晶体管（EPC2202及EPC2203）成功通过了国际汽车电子协会所制定的AEC Q101分立器件应力测试认证，推动一系列面向车用及其它严峻环境的应用的发展。

宜普電源轉換公司（EPC）的第一批通過國際汽車電子協會所制定的AEC Q101分立器件應力測試認證的氮化鎵場效應電晶體（EPC2202及EPC2203），榮獲《今日電子》雜誌與21IC中國電子網頒發2018年度“Top-10電源產品獎—技術突破獎”。該獎項在2018年9月13日於北京舉行的21iC電源技術研討會上頒發。

Spirit公司的Marti McCurdy及EPC公司首席執行長Alex Lidow分享氮化鎵元件如何在性能及成本方面比矽元件優越，以及分享全球領導廠商如何與EPC公司合作，利用氮化鎵元件的優勢，開發出他們新一代的技術。

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矽基增強型氮化鎵場效應電晶體及積體電路的領先供應商宜普電源轉換公司（EPC）於中國上海與功率管理工程師會面並討論關於1）針對大於30 W功率高度諧振無線功率接收器、內建同步整流FET的E類整流器； 及2）採用eGaN^® FET、120 A、少於10納秒脈衝及佔板面積小於3平方釐米的千瓦級雷射驅動器。

我們誠摯邀請工程師蒞臨中國上海，出席我們於2018年6月26日（星期二）上午10時至10時50分、在1099號國展路上海世博展覽館1層2號展館內舉行的PCIM Asia 2018研討會的演講。

For LiDAR systems to meet ever-higher performance specs, they must perform fast switching of high-current pulses, which is where a gallium-nitride power switch can step in to help.

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LIDAR is presently a subject of great interest, primarily due to its widespread adoption in autonomous navigation systems for vehicles, robots, drones, and other mobile machines. eGaN devices are one of the main factors in making affordable, high performance LIDAR possible in a small form factor thus further fueling the LIDAR revolution.

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In recent years, GaN-based power conversion has increased in popularity due to the inherent benefits of eGaN FETs over conventional Si transistors. Migrating a converter design from Si to GaN offers many system-level improvements, which require consideration of all the components in that system. This trend has subsequently spurred a growth in the ecosystem of power electronics that support GaN-based designs.

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Superior characteristics of eGaN^® FETs and integrated circuits, such as low output capacitance, low input capacitance, low parasitic inductances, and small size make them ideal for increasing efficiency in highly resonant, AirFuel™ wireless power transfer systems.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.— May 2018 — Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) today announces the availability of a complete class 4 wireless power kit, the EPC9129. The system can transmit up to 33 W while operating at 6.78 MHz (the lowest ISM band). The kit comes complete with two receivers, each with a regulated output − one capable of 5 W capable and a second capable of delivering 27 W at 19 V.

Spirit Electronics now provides distribution support to assist customers in adopting eGaN^® FETs and ICs for leading-edge power conversion systems in the defense and aerospace market.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.— May 2018 — To support its accelerating growth in the defense and aerospace markets, Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) is proud to announce the appointment of Spirit Electronics as a distribution partner focusing on these key market segments.  Spirit Electronics, in operation since 1979 and located in Phoenix, Arizona and Irvine, California, supplies products and services to the Department of Defense, aerospace, and telecommunication industries.  

EPC公司的“2018年中國路演”繼續展開行程,於5月17至19日在西安舉行的首次亞太區WiPDA研討會中與工程師分享最新的氮化鎵技術發展。

宜普電源轉換公司“2018年中國路演”於3月14日在深圳舉行的首屆AirFuel無線充電大會暨開發者論壇出發，繼而由其首席執行官兼共同創辦人Alex Lidow於3月15日在上海由中國SEMI舉辦的功率及功率暨化合物半導體論壇作開幕專題演講。路演的下一站是於5月17-19日在西安舉行的首次亞太區WiPDA論壇，與工程師作技術交流並展示其最新的eGaN®元件。之後，我們將於6月26–28日在上海舉行的亞太區PCIM會議演講，與工程師分享採用氮化鎵元件的無線電源傳送應用和面向全自動汽車的雷射雷達系統。

Wireless power charging was a big point of discussion with a number of different solutions on the APEC 2018 exhibit floor. The following wireless charging solutions had unique aspects in their strategies; let’s take a look at what I saw over the last few days.

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In this video Alex Lidow, Founder and CEO of EPC, talks to Alix Paultre, Editor-in-Chief of Power Electronics News, about the various demonstrations of GaN-based solutions at the EPC booth at APEC 2018 in San Antonio, Texas. The high-frequency operation and other advanced performance advantages over Silicon enables GaN to empower applications from LIDAR to wireless power transmission. The booth exhibits include examples of these, from a real-time LIDAR demonstration to a running "wireless desk".

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LIDAR is made up of a laser (or arrays) capable of transmitting pulsed light over the required range of interest, and a high-speed, low-noise receiver for reflected signal analysis. A portion of this light is reflected or scattered back to the receiver according to the reflectivity of the target.

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EPC公司在3月14至16日於中國深圳及上海各大論壇及展會亮相，展示氮化鎵技術的卓越性能如何為整個半導體業界帶來全新電源轉換設計思路，包括無線充電、DC/DC、雷射雷達及汽車等應用領域。

EPC公司的管理及技術團隊在中國深圳及上海於3月14至16日舉行的各大業界論壇及展會上，與工程師會面並作技術交流。EPC團隊分享了如何發揮氮化鎵場效應電晶體（GaN FET）及積體電路的最高性能、創新設計，從而為工程師及其客戶，打造共創共贏新局面。

EPC2112 and EPC2115 GaN-based monolithic integrated solutions offer power systems designers the ability to increase efficiency in an extremely small size.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — March 2018 — Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) announces the EPC2112 and EPC2115 enhancement-mode monolithic GaN power transistor with integrated driver products. The EPC2112 is a 200 V, 40-mΩ eGaN^® FET plus integrated gate driver. In comparison, the EPC2115 is an integrated circuit with dual 150 V, 70-mΩ eGaN FETs plus gate drivers. Both products are capable of operating up to 7 MHz and are available in low inductance, extremely small, 2.9 mm x 1.1 mm BGA surface-mount passivated die.

Alex Lidow與他的團隊隊員Michael de Rooij、David Reusch及John Glaser於今天早上的專業研討會上，與專業工程師（PE）分享實用的議題 -- “發揮氮化鎵場效應電晶體及積體電路的最高性能，不僅僅替代MOSFET器件”，使得整個教室被擠得水泄不通。

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Efficient Power Conversion’s EPC9204 and EPC9205 power modules demonstrate the efficiency enhancements and significant size reduction achieved in DC-DC power conversion using high frequency switching eGaN^® power transistors and integrated circuits.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.— March 2018 — Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) introduces two new GaN power modules for DC-DC conversion, increasing efficiency across the 48 V to point-of-load power architecture. The EPC9205 is a high-power density PCB-based power module for 48 V – 12 V conversions while the EPC9204 address the 20 V – point-of-load conversion with an ultra-thin profile PCB-based power module.

宜普公司的EPC9130五相開發板展示出採用高頻開關eGaN^®功率電晶體、極小型化及增強了效率的電源轉換方案。

宜普電源轉換公司(EPC)的EPC9130開發板是一款48 V轉換至12 V的非隔離穩壓式開發板、具用五個相位、每相具12 A、最大輸出電流為60安培，開發板的輸出功率可以超過700 W。該板具超高功率密度（每立方英寸大於1250 W），其效率高於96%。

Gamers may not care about the finer points of gallium nitride (eGaN) chips as evangelized by power pioneer Alex Lidow, CEO of Efficient Power Conversion (EPC). But they will care that those chips will enable a new generation of gaming laptops with much smaller power supplies than in the past.

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Two space travel related stories hit my desktop this week; one that rapidly generated major international headlines and one that slid very quietly onto my email screen.

The headline-hitter was the successful launch of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket with its payload of a Tesla sports car, complete with a dummy driver at the wheel. The second was about Gallium Nitride technology that would be suitable for space applications.

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SL70040SEH Low Side GaN FET Driver Powers ISL7002xSEH GaN FETs in Launch Vehicle and Satellite Power Supplies

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the space industry’s first radiation-hardened, low side Gallium Nitride (GaN) field effect transistor (FET) driver and GaN FETs that enable primary and secondary DC/DC converter power supplies in launch vehicles and satellites, as well as downhole drilling and high reliability industrial applications. These devices power ferrite switch drivers, motor control driver circuits, heater control modules, embedded command modules, 100V and 28V power conditioning, and redundancy switching systems.

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