Features and Benefits

It’s all about efficiency. In any system, power has to be converted or managed.

Whenever conversion happens losses occur. These losses manifest themselves as waste heat, which has to be dissipated and gives rise to excess greenhouse gases. Using gallium nitride, with its much lower on-resistance and superior fast-switching capabilities, a more efficient conversion can be achieved.

GaN Systems’ unique island technology features and benefits:

• Small footprint, 3-5 times smaller than conventional layouts – Ideal for compact, lightweight & handheld devices
• Higher reliability, no wire bonding – Smaller form factor, more mechanically robust
• Ultra low electrical losses – Longer battery life, ideal for battery dependent products
• Ultra low thermal losses, a 1,000V device achieves <3mΩ/sq.cm. – eliminating water-cooled heat sinks & fans, further reducing end-product form factor, weight & cost
• High operating temperature – Ideal for Hi-Rel product applications
• High power density – Ideal for compact power-hungry devices
• Positive temperature coefficient, limiting current as temperature of device increases – Ideal for high-current multi-die packaged devices
• No-charge storage, eliminating EMI spikes – Improving efficiency of SMPS
• High switching speed, < 50 psec, lower switching losses – Improving efficiency of SMPS