Gallium-nitride (GaN) technology has emerged as a strong contender in power electronics with its promise for higher energy efficiency and power density in smaller packages. While GaN has been around awhile, engineers are leveraging its unique properties to advance innovations in energy efficiency.
My colleague and power electronics guru for the AspenCore Media team, Maurizio Di Paolo Emilio, recently launched a book entitled “GaN Technology: Materials, Manufacturing, Devices and Design for Power Conversion.” This 378-page anthology, published by Springer, tells you everything you need to know about GaN technology, including a history of its development and its potential to become a mainstream technology in delivering energy efficiency across industries, from renewable energy and data centers to electric vehicles and chargers. This book is for engineers, researchers and technology enthusiasts.
The book delivers a very comprehensive look at GaN technology, which covers everything from its electrical characteristics to manufacturing processes, as well as a market overview that includes real-world applications and future trends. It delves deep into GaN’s role in “revolutionizing power electronics.” This includes material properties, device configurations, layout considerations, packaging, thermal solutions, reliability testing and characterization.
Di Paolo Emilio lays out the reasons why he is publishing a book now on GaN technology: to deliver a holistic overview. Di Paolo Emilio, editor-in-chief of Power Electronics News, as well as many industry players, believes GaN power devices have the potential to replace legacy power devices in many power-conversion applications, thanks to their improved conduction and switching figures of merit, which translate into higher efficiency and power density, ultimately resulting in system improvements in cost and performance.
The book, including contributions from leaders in the power electronics industry, answers questions about the benefits and challenges of GaN technology and where it can play a key role in driving energy efficiency. While these power technology experts and industry analysts provide different perspectives on GaN technology, they also share the same view that this wide-bandgap technology has the potential for widespread adoption and delivering the energy efficiency needed for power electronics systems across vertical markets.
It is an eye-opening book that does not shy away from the challenges of manufacturing and implementing GaN power technology, while providing the latest advancements that will deliver performance improvements. If you are looking for a complete source on GaN, this book is a good place to start as it covers everything from the origin of GaN and manufacturing challenges to technological advancements in GaN-based power devices and case studies. And it gives you perspectives from engineers, academics and industry analysts.
Contributors include power electronics companies, GaN power specialists, academics, analysts and technical writers/engineers. Insight from leading power electronics makers include Eggtronic, Efficient Power Conversion, Infineon Technologies, Navitas Semiconductor, Nexperia, Power Integrations, POWERBOX (PRBX), Rohm Semiconductor, Silanna Semiconductor, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments.
GaN specialist companies also provide their insight into the latest developments and challenges, including Bolt Semiconductor, Cambridge GaN Devices, Innoscience, VisIC Technologies and Wise Integration. Other contributors include Intel Foundry Technology Research, Keysight Technologies and Qromis.
Contributions from academics include Georgia Institute of Technology, National Taiwan University and The University of Texas at Austin. Rounding out the complete coverage are consultants and research analysts, including dtm Associates, KnowMade and Frost & Sullivan.
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