A brand new DC-DC converter from Renesas Electronics features a GaN-on-silicon energy transistor made by GaN Programs.
The GS61008P is a 100 V enhancement-mode energy transistor that gives a 46% discount in system measurement, in line with GaN Programs.
Renesas’s new DC-DC bidirectional converter is designed for 48 V gentle hybrid autos and electrical bikes, and consists of an automated section drop operate, an ISL78226 PWM controller and a half-bridge driver.
“A mix of GaN with the automated section drop operate achieves extremely environment friendly energy conversion even at low masses, exceeding 94% energy effectivity over a large load vary of 400 W to three kW,” says GaN Programs. “The half-bridge driver ISL78420/444 supplies a simple and cost-effective methodology of driving GaN transistors.” GaN Programs says the converter allows “a 46% discount of the PCB space by leveraging the superb switching capabilities of GaN Programs’s transistors—enabling a high-efficiency energy converter with a excessive switching frequency of 500 kHz. This permits the usage of very small 1.3 µH inductors, which ends up in a big lower in measurement and weight.”
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