Power Integrations' PowiGaN

Aug. 13, 2021

In this episode of The Kit Close-up, we take a very close look at the latest gallium-nitride (GaN) power electronics demonstrator from Power Integrations.

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In this episode of The Kit Close-up, we take a very close look at the latest gallium-nitride (GaN) power electronics demonstrator from Power Integrations. PowiGaN switches replace the traditional silicon transistors on the primary side of PI’s highly integrated offline flyback switcher ICs, reducing switching losses and creating chargers, adapters, and open-frame power supplies that are more efficient, smaller, and lighter than silicon alternatives.

https://www.power.com/company/our-innovations/powigan-technology

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An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the US military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications in the embedded electronic engineering space. Alix currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.

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