Cambridge GaN devices signs contract with Taiwanese PSU institute to design USB-PD adapters

Transistor manufacturer Cambridge GaN Devices has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Taiwan Industrial Technology Research Institute to develop USB-PD adapters, as well as share international market information, visit potential customers and promote power supplies.

The contract covers power 140 – 240 W, >30 W/inch³AC-DC power supplies for electromobility, power tools, notebooks and phones (Prototype GaN-based USB PD adapter, right)

“CGD’s on-chip GaN is a novel platform that facilitates intelligent temperature control and increases gate reliability. We are excited to incorporate these benefits into our power designs,” said Wen-Tien Tsai, ITRI Power Project Leader.

“We are excited to partner with an organization with a research team that has experience in developing energy solutions and holds multiple patents,” said Andrea Bricconi, CGD CCO. “In June, at PCIM in Nuremberg, we will demonstrate some of the company’s board designs. They use unique CGD integrated circuit architecture and ITRI designs.

CGD products are monolithic GaN integrated circuits containing a power circuit along with auxiliary circuits including gate protection, gate drive voltage modification, Miller clamps and current sensing. It was spun off from the University of Cambridge.

ITRI ​​is an applied technology research institute founded in 1973 and currently employing over 6,000 employees. CGD collaborates with GEL, its research laboratories for green energy and the environment.