TSMC ramps up GaN Systems production ten times
GaN Systems, a Canadian maker of GaN power transistors, has announced that its foundry TMSC has increased high volume production of products based on GaN System's proprietary Island Technology by a factor of ten. This is In response to surging global demand.
GaN Systems has a wide range of GaN power transistors with both 100V and 650V GaN FETs shipping in volume.
Sajiv Dalal, VP business management at TSMC, comments: "We are delighted to confirm that our collaboration with GaN Systems has brought the promise of GaN from concept through reliability testing and on to volume production."
Girvan Patterson, GaN Systems' president said: "GaN has emerged as the power semiconductor solution of choice. Smart mobile devices, slim TVs, games consoles, automotive systems and other mass volume items have been designed with GaN transistors as the enabling power technology, so it is imperative that devices are available in correspondingly large quantities."
He added: "Using our patented Island Technology, we have designed and made available for widespread adoption GaN power solutions that greatly exceed the performance standards exhibited by silicon devices. That is why, after three years of working together, we are so excited to formally announce our collaboration with TSMC, the world's leading third-party semiconductor manufacturing company and a byword for quality and service industry-wide."
Delivering large volumes of highly reliable GaN transistors in near-chipscale packaging is the culmination of a journey GaN Systems began in 2008. The company was founded with the mission of creating a low cost, highly reliable GaN-on-Silicon product based on Island Technology, a way of creating small islands where electro-migration is mitigated, die size is minimised and high current devices realised with high yield.
