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Navitas Drives a Paradigm Shift in Power with Single-Stage Bi-Directional Switch (BDS) Converters

TORRANCE, Calif., March 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS) (Nasdaq: NVTS), the only pure-play, next-generation power semiconductor company and industry leader in gallium nitride ...
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GaN switch claims transition from two-stage to single-stage conversion

While over 70% of today’s high-voltage power converters use a ‘two-stage’ topology, a single-stage bi-directional switch (BDS) converter claims to achieve up to 10% cost savings, 20% energy savings, ...
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Renesas Unveils First Bidirectional 650V-Class GaN Switch For Solar Power Inverters, AI Data Centers and More

First-of-its-kind bidirectional GaN technology with DC blocking dramatically reduces switch count needed for power conversion topologies Compatible with standard gate drivers Soft- and hard-switching ...
Electronic Design

Bidirectional 650-V GaN Switch Helps Boost Efficiency of Converter Architectures

The CoolGaN bidirectional 650-V G5 from Infineon Technologies is a gallium-nitride (GaN) switch capable of actively blocking voltage and current in both directions. The monolithic bidirectional switch ...
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Building a SiC-based bidirectional buck-boost converter

The widespread usage of powerful energy accumulators (batteries and supercapacitors) is leading to improvements in current management. A bidirectional DC/DC converter can prolong the battery’s life ...