Podcasts about efficient power conversion

In this episode of The EEcosystem Podcast, our guest is Dr. Alex Lidow, CEO and co-founder of Efficient Power Conversion and the co-inventor of the HEXFET, power MOSFET, and eGaN. Lidow holds degrees from Caltech and Stanford. He earned a Ph.D. in applied physics from Stanford University in 1977 as a Hertz Foundation Fellow. In this episode, we will find out more about Alex and learn about MOSFETs and the rise of GaN. How did MOSFETs grow so quickly? What technologies are driving GaN adoptions and why. We will also discuss the potential obstacles to GaN adoption. This and many more questions will be answered as we go along! Listen to this episode to learn more!     TIMESTAMP 00:00 - Introduction 01:51 - Who is Dr. Alex Lidow 05:25 - Learn more about MOSFETs 08:07 - Where is MOSFET technology today? 15:38 – GaN trajectory in 2023 21:04 - The reason for the growth 28:56 - Did the technology have a supporting ecosystem? 31:08 – Adoption barriers that were encountered 33:19 - How does the team support engineers onboarding GaN? 35:57 - Dr. Alex's thoughts about education and advice for students. 45:13 - Where can you learn more?   EPC Website   GaN Design Support   GaN talk support forum   Text books and Publications   Connect with Alex Lidow on LinkedIn Connect with Judy Warner on LinkedIn     #ecosystem #growth #electronic #engineering #MOSFET #GaN #AlexLidow #electromagnetism #electromechanical   Sponsor Resource Links:   Visit The EEcosystem Website For a Free Download of a sample chapter of Ken Wyatt's EMC  troubleshooting and receive a free 90-day subscription to all of Eric Bogatin's training at The Signal Integrity Academy   For SI/PI/EMI News and Technical Resources and to register for a free subscription visit the Signal Integrity Journal today.   For free Technical Resources and to Learn more about Keysight Pathwave EDA Software Solutions visit the homepage now.   For all of your high-speed and RF connectors visit the Samtec website and access excellent engineering resources while you there.    For high complexity EDA solutions visit SIEMENS EDA Website   Visit the SIGLENT website to learn more about their test and measurement solutions For Every Bench. Every Engineer. Every Day.    Picotest specializes in high-fidelity testing and measurement tools, primarily for power-related applications. Visit their website for more product information and excellent training materials from expert Steve Sandler. For Custom RF and MW PCBs visit the Transline Technology Website to learn more. Visit Summit Interconnect for all your PCB manufacturing needs.   For PCB stack-up modeling solutions visit Avishtech.com  

 Power electronics has undergone an interesting change towards new Wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors (WBG). Significant impact factors for the growth of the WBG semiconductor market include the growing demand for improved energy efficiency and increased demand for long-life batteries.In power electronics, gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC) wide bandgap semiconductors are used as a solution to slow down Silicon in high temperature and high power segments. GaN device manufacturers' rapid progress in material and process technologies has resulted in significant improvements in both performance and cost of products for several applications.In this podcast our focus is to go in deep toward GaN with Alex Lidow, CEO and co-founder of EPC, Efficient Power Conversion, and Dinesh Ramanathan CEO & co-founder (co- faunder) of NexGen Power Systems Inc. Wide-bandgap semiconductor materials offer devices the ability to operate at high voltages, temperatures, and frequencies. As the demand for these electronic devices is proliferating, the demand for wide-bandgap semiconductors tends to increase steadily. GaN is a high bandgap material that allows devices to operate at higher temperatures and withstand higher voltages compared to silicon. GaN transistors are significantly faster and smaller than silicon MOSFETs. The performance of GaN shows that efficiency and performance have improved significantly, leading to several new applications that were not possible with silicon technology.Moreover, GaN's higher dielectric breakdown allows building thinner and therefore, lower resistance devices. Lower characteristic RDS(on) leads to smaller devices with lower capacitance. Vertical GaN devices are capable of switching at higher frequencies and operating at higher voltages.Vertical GaNis capable of operating at high breakdown voltage which enables Vertical GaN to power the most demanding applications, like Data Center Server power supplies, Electric Vehicles, solar inverters, motors, and high-speed trains.

With every passing day, the US-China trade war is having a greater and greater impact on the electronics market. Not only is it disrupting existing supply chains and manufacturing operations, it's also damaging long-lasting business relationships between tech companies on both sides of the Pacific. In most cases, these relationships were often difficult to build, and are being unravelled in a matter of months.On this episode of the Embedded Insiders, Alex Lidow, the CEO of Efficient Power Conversion and one of the Semiconductor Industry Association's (SIA's) lead negotiators during the U.S. – Japan Trade Accord of 1986. Here, Alex shares some of his experiences from that turbulent time, and applies them to the current political and economic climate. "Up until now, Chinese companies and people believed that the process of democracy in the US was greater than any individual. Now they believe that any individual is greater than the process. And therefore, the US is an unreliable trade partner forever more, because they don't know what the next individual will bring."Tune in for more. Or, read "A Trade War, the Tech Market, and a Taiwanese Trade Show" on embedded-computing.com.

I was led to believe we were heading for a wireless world but a look behind my TV tells a very different story when I see all those wires everywhere. Not to mention the increasing number of BRIDGES for IoT devices. We were hoping to talk about the wireless powered home and how GaN (gallium nitride) is making that possible! When it comes to gallium nitride, there is only one man to speak with, and he's truly changing the world at EPC. He first appeared on EP180 talking about Why Gallium Nitride Is About To Disrupt Silicon then returned on 203 The LIDAR Technology Behind An X-Ray Pill. But he has returned to today to talk about how it can wireless charge anything, and it will blow your mind. Dr. Alex Lidow, is the CEO and co-founder of Efficient Power Conversion and he is going to talk about how tech will make power cords disappear and how EPC is leading the charge in the wireless space. http://epc-co.com/epc/Applications/WirelessPower.aspx

An Israeli company called Check-Cap has developed a small capsule that after being swallowed, actually performs a colonoscopy. GaN's small size and high efficiency - compared with silicon – allowed Check-Cap to shrink an X-Ray machine down to a size that could fit into a digestible pill. The world’s first “Colonoscopy Capsule” is made possible by a new type of microchip from EPC that uses gallium nitride instead of the traditional silicon. I invited Dr. Alex Lidow, CEO and co-founder of Efficient Power Conversion onto the show to talk about the technology that enabled Check-Cap to shrink an X-Ray machine down to a size that could fit into a digestible pill. Guest Info www.epc-co.com

At the CES show in Las Vegas this year, EPC (Efficient Power Conversion) showcased how GaN is a core technology behind autonomous vehicles, the house of the future without power cords, the connected car, and non-invasive colonoscopies with an x-ray system within a pill. Replacing silicon, one of the most prevalent types of semiconductor around, with a different material, Gallium Nitride, commonly abbreviated as GaN — or “eGaN,” EPCS new, improved form of GaN. Silicon enabled Intel to build an entire empire, but could this be displaced by GaN? This is an episode that you can expect to learn a huge amount and how it appears that the days of Silicon are numbered in this digital age where companies must disrupt or face disruption. Anyone interested in technology and where the industry is heading will love this episode. Guest Info Dr. Alex Lidow the CEO and co-founder of Efficient Power Conversion onto the show to learn What is GaN? Why GaN? and where is it heading? Dr. Alex Lidow, CEO and co-founder of Efficient Power Conversion  

Porter Bibb of Mediatech Capital Partners gives an outlook for the AT&T-Time Warner merger and discusses Megyn Kelly and Greta Von Susteren moving to NBC from Fox. Dr. Alex Lidow, CEO and co-founder of Efficient Power Conversion, talks about EPC's chips being used in wireless consumer electronics and the future of car technology. Bloomberg's Daniel Moss speaks with Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz about China preparing to retaliate if Donald Trump raises trade barriers. Finally, Urs Dur, CFO of TBS Ocean Logistics, discusses the outlook for global bulk and shipping in 2017.

Gallium nitride (GaN) is one of the technologies that could well displace silicon MOSFETs in the next generation of power transistors. As silicon approaches its performance limits, GaN devices conduct better and switch faster. But GaN devices don’t behave the way silicon power devices do. That’s the reason for the recently published textbook GaN Transistors for Efficient Power Conversion, 2nd Edition. Written by power industry veteran Dr. Alex Lidow along with Johan Strydom, Michael de Rooij, and David Reusch, this book serves as a practical guide for understanding basic GaN transistor construction, characteristics, and applications. In this short podcast, Alex Lidow talks about areas where engineers have trouble grasping the differences between GaN and silicon power devices. Alex Lidow is CEO and co-founder of Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC). In 1977 he joined International Rectifier as an R&D engineer. In 1978 he co-invented the HEXFET power MOSFET, a power transistor that launched the modern power conversion market. Lidow finally became International Rectifier’s CEO and held that position for 12 years. Dr. Lidow holds many patents in power semiconductor technology, including basic patents in power MOSFETs as well as in GaN FETs. In 2004 he was elected to the Engineering Hall of Fame. Dr. Lidow earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Caltech in 1975 and his Ph.D. from Stanford in 1977.