GaN Revolution- Stay Ahead of the Curve with Innovation

🎥 Nov 03, 2023 📺 Power Integrations, Inc. ⏱ 1m 👁 57 views

During this June 28 panel discussion at PowerUP 2023, Power Integrations Chairman and CEO Balu Balakrishnan talks about ...

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About Balu Balakrishnan

Balu Balakrishnan, President, CEO, and Chairman of Power Integrations, has been discussing the company's advancements in gallium nitride (GaN) technology and its role in energy efficiency. At PCIM Europe 2024, he highlighted the introduction of the InnoMux 2 product, which he described as the first to generate multiple outputs with a single magnetic element, eliminating DC-DC converters and increasing efficiency by 10%. He also stated that Power Integrations is the only company commercially offering 1250-volt GaN, and that the company's cascade structure for GaN is more reliable than enhancement-mode alternatives, particularly for data centers and automotive applications. Balakrishnan noted that 70% of carbon reduction will come from energy efficiency and renewables, and that Power Integrations aims to capture a share of the anticipated $1 trillion in carbon reduction spending over the next 20 years. In other appearances, Balakrishnan emphasized the company's strategy of developing proprietary technologies, controlling manufacturing processes at partner foundries, and focusing on breakthrough products. He discussed the quality and reliability of PowiGaN devices, stating that the company runs extensive tests and aims for zero defective parts. He also promoted the InnoSwitch3-TN flyback switcher IC for smart appliances, citing its flat efficiency from full load to light loads and its ability to deliver up to 15 watts without a heatsink. Balakrishnan expressed confidence that GaN will rapidly replace silicon in power switches, and that Power Integrations' integrated solutions make GaN easy to use for customers.

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Balu Balakrishnan0:11

If you don't take risk, you will never find a disruptive product. You'll never come up with a disruptive product. You want to do something that is dramatically better than what's in the marketplace. You want to do something that even customers may not have a need today, but five years down the road they will have a need, or if we provide that performance, they will find a way to use it. Most of our products are based on our own technology. We don't use standard off-the-shelf technologies. We install them in our partner foundries in places like Japan, US, and Europe. But we control everything. We control all of the process recipe. We even own some of the critical equipment. And as a result, it allows us to build unique technologies that are specifically suited to what we do. So that's kind of our strategy or our company's goal. And over the last 30 years, I think it has become part of all of us. I mean, if you look at our Product Development group, Applications group, Marketing group, we all think that way. We are always looking at breakthrough type of technologies, breakthrough type of products.