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Driving GaN Into The Fast Lane

May 19, 2018

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Ask EPC’s chief executive, Alex Lidow, what the future holds for his GaN power device business, and automotive certification features prominently.

Recently delivering AEC Q101-qualified 80 V discrete transistors for LiDAR, 48V power distribution systems and other applications, the company’s latest enhancement-mode FETs deliver higher switching frequencies and efficiencies than silicon MOSFETs, in a smaller footprint. And this is just the beginning.

“We have more transistors as well as integrated circuits designed for LiDAR [sensors] and are proceeding with automotive certification here,” highlights Lidow. “LiDAR is under intense cost and performance pressure so integrating components and improving performance while lowering the cost is a big deal.”

Read More: https://compoundsemiconductor.net/article/104289/Driving_GaN_into_the_fast_lane

 

 

Alex Lidow, Founder and CEO, EPC

 

 

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EPC’s Wireless Power Fix: Get a Load of This Antenna

January 16, 2018

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CES 2018 – Las Vegas, NV
Jan. 12, 2018
Wireless power, the ability to deliver electricity to gadgets without plugging those gadgets into a cable, is a hotbed of innovation at the moment. The dominant standard, called “Qi,” is ever under attack from other efforts.
There are other contenders. On Wednesday in Las Vegas, during the Consumer Electronics Show, I met with Alex Lidow, who is founder of a privately held chip company EPC of El Segundo, California.
Read more here: https://www.barrons.com/articles/epcs-wireless-power-fix-get-a-load-of-this-antenna-1515807479
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Alex Lidow, founder of Efficient Power Conversion Inc., shows off a novel antenna design to help make possible large charging surfaces for magnetic resonance.

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Alex Lidow, CEO of Efficient Power Conversion, was a guest on ‘TWiT TV’ Netcast Network

October 31, 2017

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Alex shares with Leo a few of the applications where GaN is changing the way we live. https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation

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IEEE Electron Devices Society Webinar – “GaN Devices and Applications” Presented by: Dr. Alexander Lidow

October 13, 2017

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GaN devices and Applications Abstract

GaN Transistors – Giving New Life to Moore’s Law

Enhancement-mode gallium nitride transistors have been commercially available for over eight years and have infiltrated many applications previously monopolized by the aging silicon power MOSFET.  In this presentation, we will discuss the state-of-the-art and the expected progress of GaN technology over the next few years, showing that Moore’s Law is alive and well in the world of power semiconductor technology.  We will also enumerate the advantages of GaN over silicon in terms of performance, cost, and reliability. | http://epc-co.com/epc/EventsandNews/Events.aspx

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TwIT = This Week in Technology

August 15, 2017

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The TWiT.tv Netcast Network with Leo Laporte features the #1 ranked technology podcast This Week in Tech, along with over 20 other top-ranked online shows.

Monday, August 14, 2017 – Alex and Leo sat down to talk about how Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor technology is enabling new, disruptive technologies such as LiDAR, Wireless Power, Drones and a pill that will soon replace invasive medical procedures such as colonoscopies.

https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation

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Alex and Leo Laporte on the set of “Triangulation”

 

 

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