EU-funded HiPoSwitch project launched, targeting more efficient power electronics

With a budget of €5.57m (including nearly €3.58m of funding from the European Union), the three-year project HiPoSwitch (‘High Power Switch’) has been launched (lasting from September 2011 to end-August 2014). The aim is to develop more compact and powerful energy converters, e.g. for use in information and communication technology and solar inverter technology, transforming continuous and alternating current into the effective voltages used by systems.

Low energy consumption and high output power are the core requirements for modern power converter systems, which need to preserve natural resources and cope with the increasing power consumption in communication infrastructure required for further increased data rates. Project activities cover the whole value-added chain, ranging from the development of power devices based on gallium nitride (GaN) transistors to their industrial applications.
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Quelle: Semiconductor Today, 15.11.2011