GaN-on-Si Based FETs Foster New Applications

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It may take some time before the emerging gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si) based power FETs enter the mainstream power conversion space. But in the meantime, a handful of emerging applications are poised to tap the benefits of this promising power technology, as Bindra explains in this column. Here he discusses some of the emerging applications that are exploiting the attributes of GaN technology such as wireless power transmission, RF envelope tracking, rad hard satellite and avionics power supplies, light detection and ranging (LIDAR) systems, and high-stepdown-ratio buck converters.

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Author & Publication:

Ashok Bindra, How2Power Today, How2Power Today, Dec 20 2012

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