GaN power IC technology: Past, present, and future

Gallium Nitride is an emerging technology that is enabling major advances in power electronics. Power integrated circuits are now emerging in the market and showing unprecedented efficiency, density, and system cost advantages. This paper reviews the beginnings of power integrated circuit techniques, leading to present implementations in advanced IC products, and forecasts future directions for the new technology.

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