Wide Bandgap User Training – GaN-based Power Electronics

November 20, 2025 November 21, 2025

This two-day online tutorial focuses on Gallium Nitride (GaN) as an emerging and high-performance wide bandgap semiconductor for power electronics. GaN technology has matured significantly, with commercial devices now widely available for 40 V to 650 V applications in low and medium power ranges. The tutorial introduces the fundamentals of GaN device physics, explores packaging, driver technologies, protection strategies, reliability, and real-world application examples. Designed for engineers across the value chain, this program blends foundational knowledge with advanced design considerations.

Technical Chairs:

  • Dr. Jan Sonsky

  • Dr. Radoslava Mitova, Schneider Electric

  • Thomas Ferianz, Infineon Technologies Austria

  • Dr. Teng Long, University of Cambridge

Main Topics Covered:

  • GaN material properties and device physics

  • Epitaxial growth and substrate challenges

  • High-frequency switching behavior and benefits

  • Packaging considerations for GaN dies

  • Gate driver solutions and protection schemes

  • Reliability testing and design for robustness

  • Trends and future directions in GaN adoption

  • Applications across consumer, industrial, and telecom power systems

Why Attend:

  • Understand the key performance benefits of GaN over Si and SiC

  • Learn practical design guidelines to exploit GaN’s advantages in efficiency and power density

  • Gain insight into packaging, protection, and system-level integration challenges

  • Explore high-frequency operation, EMI implications, and thermal performance

  • Get up to speed on the current and future landscape of GaN in power electronics

  • Suitable for design engineers, application specialists, and researchers entering or advancing in the GaN space

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