EPC launches car-scale gallium nitride field-effect transistor

     EPC Power Conversion Corp has announced the successful AEC Q101 certification of the 15 V EPC2216, designed for LiDAR applications requiring high accuracy, such as fully autonomous vehicles, and other time-of-flight (ToF) applications. Including human face recognition, automated warehouses, drones and map making.

     The gallium nitride field effect transistor EPC2216 is A 15 V, 26 mΩ, 28 A pulse current, 1.02 mm2 plate area device, which is ideal for laser emission in liDAR systems because it can produce high current and extremely short pulse width. The short pulse width allows for higher resolution, while the small size and low cost make gallium nitride FET ideal for ToF applications in a wide range of applications, including automotive, industrial, healthcare, and even smart advertising, gaming, and security.

     To complete the AEC Q101 test, EPC's gallium nitride field-effect transistors pass harsh environment and bias tests, including high humidity reverse bias (H3TRB), high temperature reverse bias (HTRB), high temperature gate bias (HTGB), temperature cycle (TC), and several other tests. In addition, the company's WLCS package meets all the test standards used to test devices in traditional packages, demonstrating that gallium nitride transistors in high-performance chat-scale packages do not compromise their robustness or high reliability. These gallium nitride (eGaN) devices are manufactured in equipment certified to IATF 16949, the automotive quality management system standard.

     Alex Lidow, CEO and co-founder of EPC, said, "This automotive device is part of EPC's new family of transistors and integrated circuits, designed specifically for fully autonomous vehicles to improve resolution and reduce cost for all ToF applications."