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to Gallium Nitride APEC and PCIM

A New Era for Power Electronics 2021 - Technical

As silicon reaches its theoretical performance limits for power electronics, Coverage
industry is shifting toward wide-bandgap materials like gallium nitride

(GaN), whose properties provide clear benefits in power converters for
consumer and industrial electronics. This book delves into GaN technology The last edition of APEC and PCIM, which was held digitally, saw numerous companies exchanging views
and its importance for power electronics professionals engaged with its on product innovations and research findings with visitors and participants. From comprehensive
education that is peer-reviewed and designed to address all aspects of the industry, to an exciting
implementation in power devices. exposition built for top exhibitors to showcase their new technologies and products, APEC and

PCIM are the places to be if you want to stay tuned with power electronics. Power Electronics News
attended both virtual conferences and this ebook collects a report of technical articles about the

Foreword: Alex Lidow, CEO of Efficient
Power Conversion (EPC) latest announcements. In this issue, onsemi analyzes the need for silicon carbide in solar power.
The efficiency of conversion directly affects the economics of the project. Silicon carbide (SiC) is
Market Overview: Yole Développement
the next-generation power switch technology to improve the efficiency of the grid-tie, shrink the
Technology Analysis: Elena Barbarini, System Plus cooling system, and reduce overall system costs. The use of wide bandgap (WBG) materials, such
Consulting; Filippo Di Giovanni, STMicroelectronics; as Silicon Carbide (SiC), means that devices can be fabricated and are able to outperform their
Alex Lidow, EPC; Chris Lee, Power Integrations; Dilder
Chowdhury, Nexperia; Stephen Oliver and Dan Silicon (Si) equivalents. Though there are various key opportunities for this technology, industrial
Kinzer, Navitas Semiconductor; Stefano Lovati and motor drives and electric vehicles (EVs) are other markets that are receiving a great interest and
Davide Di Gesualdo, EEWeb; Paul Wiener, GaN Systems; attention. SiC’s elevated electron mobility enables faster switching speeds to be supported. These
and Professor Alex Q. Huang, Tianxiang Chen, and faster switching speeds mean that the associated switching losses will be reduced. For EVs, Kane
Ruiyang Yu, University of Texas at Austin. In addition, Jia, business marketing engineer for the onsemi Solution Engineering Organization, describes the
there are reports from Jens Tybo Jensen, Jun Honda, benefts of using SiC MOSFETs in the onboard charge systems. Engineers can use totem-pole PFC in

and Pawan Garg, Infineon Technologies; Max Zafrani, their designs to improve performance. During APEC, many technical notes concerned SiC Modules,
EPC Space; Kasyap Patel, Wolfspeed, a Cree Company; Energy Storage, saving standby power in the smart home and new solutions for thermal and motor
Andrea Vinci, Tektronix; and Gerald Deboy,
Infineon Technologies. management. For PCIM, we have reported a unifed view and price-performance analysis of IGBTs

& GaN, SiC, and Silicon FETs, and several other aspects for motor and power supply technologies.
Tech papers: Keysight, onsemi, Cadence,
United Monolithic Semiconductors, Transphorm,
Nexperia, and CEA-Leti Yours Sincerely,
Maurizio Di Paolo Emilio
Editor-in-Chief, Power Electronics News
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