EPC announces GaN licensing deal with Renesas
Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) has announced a licensing agreement with Renesas Electronics under which Renesas will gain access to EPC’s low-voltage eGaN technology and its established supply-chain ecosystem.
EPC and Renesas will collaborate over the next year to establish internal wafer fabrication capabilities for these products. In addition, Renesas will second-source several of EPC’s popular GaN devices that are already in mass production, enhancing supply-chain resilience for customers.
“Together, EPC and Renesas are forming a global alliance to deliver state-of-the-art power efficiency - cutting costs in AI data centres and enhancing autonomous systems. This is an exciting moment for our industry and our company,” said Alex Lidow, CEO of EPC.
Renesas' GaN technology targets applications such as AC-DC power supplies, EV chargers, solar inverters, and industrial motor drives .It recently completed its acquisition of Transphorm to strengthen its high-voltage GaN portfolio.
The addition of EPC’s low-voltage eGaN expertise now allows Renesas to offer a GaN power portfolios that spans low- to high-voltage applications.
“Expanding our business into low voltage GaN allows us to serve the fastest growing power segments,” said Rohan Samsi, VP, GaN business division at Renesas. “This agreement with EPC complements our established high-voltage 650V+ portfolio and enables us to capitalise on high-volume markets such as AI power architectures from 48V down to 12V and 1V, as well as client computing and battery-operated applications.”
