Integrated Drivers, Advanced Protection Simplify GaN Power-Supply Designs (Download)
High efficiency and high power density are critical characteristics when designing power supplies for today’s products. To achieve these goals, developers are turning to gallium nitride (GaN), a wide-bandgap semiconductor technology that achieves high switching frequencies. Compared to competing power semiconductor technologies, GaN minimizes the size of required passive components while simultaneously lowering gate-drive and reverse-recovery losses.
In addition, semiconductor manufacturers are packaging their GaN devices in highly integrated industry-standard footprints that shrink printed-circuit-board (PCB) real-estate requirements while streamlining supply chains.