Automotive powertrain maker hofer powertrain is utilizing semiconductor producer VisIC Applied sciences’s gallium nitride chip in its new inverter.
hofer powertrain has chosen the gallium nitride D3GaN Direct Drive D-Mode chip for its new traction inverter. The high-frequency 3-level inverter is designed for 800 V battery programs in automotive functions.
“hofer powertrain’s growth paves the way in which for a breakthrough in GaN inverter efficiency, which is superior to silicon and silicon-carbide-based designs for top effectivity,” says Senior Product Supervisor at VisIC Applied sciences Ilia Bunin.
“Based mostly on the tenet ‘develop quick and be taught quick,’ hofer powertrain achieves fast outcomes: the group develops a Minimal Viable Product (MVP) to research and show the aptitude of utilizing 650 V gallium nitride semiconductors in an 800 V 3L NPC inverter utility,” says VisIC Applied sciences.
Based on VisIC Applied sciences, “The brand new 3-Stage GaN (Gallium Nitride) Inverter proves its robust capabilities on the check bench, confirming considerably higher switching velocity and smaller and lighter bundle measurement, decreasing whole system value.”
“The upcoming pattern stage (A1) has already began, and is predicted to carry out nicely in actual check situations with a everlasting synchronous motor,” says VisIC . “The group goals to validate and benchmark present programs utilizing check cycles just like the Worldwide Harmonized Mild Automobiles Take a look at Process (WLTP) and show its excellent potential for all the automotive powertrain.”
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