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Q&A: Wide Bandgap Semiconductors Poised to Make a Splash

Q&A: Wide Bandgap Semiconductors Poised to Make a Splash

This article was originally published here on June 10, 2020. With silicon nearing its physical limits, electronics manufacturers are turning to non-traditional semiconducting materials, notably wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors. Some are adopting these technologies to hit cost and performance targets that otherwise can’t be reached, and while others seek to differentiate their products from their competitors’.…

Rethinking What's 'Smart' For The Next Generation Smart Home

Rethinking What’s ‘Smart’ For The Next Generation Smart Home

By GaN Systems CEO Jim Witham Too often, the fact that a technology merely exists drives the direction of a specific implementation, rather than focusing on developing technologies in response to real and important human needs. This has often been the case of the ‘smart home’ in its various stages of automation and intelligence. What…

Rethinking What's 'Smart' For The Next Generation Smart Home

Rethinking What’s ‘Smart’ For The Next Generation Smart Home

By GaN Systems CEO Jim Witham Too often, the fact that a technology merely exists drives the direction of a specific implementation, rather than focusing on developing technologies in response to real and important human needs. This has often been the case of the ‘smart home’ in its various stages of automation and intelligence. What…

Ready to Get the Most Out of Your GaN Power Designs?

Ready to Get the Most Out of Your GaN Power Designs?

Or curious to learn more about how to incorporate GaN into your next power system design and take advantage of the benefits of higher efficiency and lower size, weight, and total system cost? GaN Systems recently published new materials in our Design Center, a one stop source that aims to help customers make system design…

Ready to Get the Most Out of Your GaN Power Designs?

Ready to Get the Most Out of Your GaN Power Designs?

Or curious to learn more about how to incorporate GaN into your next power system design and take advantage of the benefits of higher efficiency and lower size, weight, and total system cost? GaN Systems recently published new materials in our Design Center, a one stop source that aims to help customers make system design…

Article: GaN Growth Seen Exploding on Efficiency Gains

Article: GaN Growth Seen Exploding on Efficiency Gains

This article was originally published at Power Electronics News on May 12, 2020. Read the rest of the piece here.  GaN (Gallium Nitride) is experiencing surging interests across multiple segments of the electronics industry and gaining widespread acceptance because of efficiency and productivity improvements manufacturers expect from its use. There’s a major shift happening in…

Article: GaN Growth Seen Exploding on Efficiency Gains

Article: GaN Growth Seen Exploding on Efficiency Gains

This article was originally published at Power Electronics News on May 12, 2020. Read the rest of the piece here.  GaN (Gallium Nitride) is experiencing surging interests across multiple segments of the electronics industry and gaining widespread acceptance because of efficiency and productivity improvements manufacturers expect from its use. There’s a major shift happening in…

GaN Systems Releases Best Performance Class-D Amplifier and Companion SMPS Evaluation Kit

GaN Systems Releases Best Performance Class-D Amplifier and Companion SMPS Evaluation Kit

Gallium Nitride (GaN) enables high power Class-D solutions with superior sound, efficiency, and thermal performance OTTAWA, Ontario, May 14, 2020 – GaN Systems, the global leader in GaN (gallium nitride) power semiconductors, today announced the debut and availability of a new amplifier evaluation kit for high sound quality Class-D audio systems. The evaluation kit includes a…

Article: The Year of the GaN Adapter and 5G’s Dirty Little Secret

Article: The Year of the GaN Adapter and 5G’s Dirty Little Secret

This article was originally published at eeDesignIt on May 6, 2020. Read the rest of the interview of GaN Systems’ CEO Jim Witham by Ruth Seely here.  GaN is changing the way we power things, and that’s becoming increasingly evident whether you look at consumer, automotive, 5G, or industrial power applications. Take 5G — It’s…

Article: The Year of the GaN Adapter and 5G’s Dirty Little Secret

Article: The Year of the GaN Adapter and 5G’s Dirty Little Secret

This article was originally published at eeDesignIt on May 6, 2020. Read the rest of the interview of GaN Systems’ CEO Jim Witham by Ruth Seely here.  GaN is changing the way we power things, and that’s becoming increasingly evident whether you look at consumer, automotive, 5G, or industrial power applications. Take 5G — It’s…