Wise-integration & Powernet Team Up to Deliver Digitally Controlled, Compact, Energy-Efficient GaN Power Supply Systems

Wise-integration, a French pioneer in digital control of gallium nitride (GaN) power supplies and GaN Ics, and Powernet, a leading Korean power supply manufacturer, today announced an agreement to build compact and energy-efficient technology for power-supply applications that are currently limited to analog control. The memorandum of understanding addresses the needs of OEMs that require compact, digitally controlled power-supply systems for faster, smaller and more energy-efficient electronic equipment in products ranging from USB PD fast chargers to monitors, TV sets and electric vehicles. The breakthrough system will combine Wise-integration’s WiseWare digital controller and Wisegan, a 650V enhancement-mode GaN-on-silicon IC for power applications from 30W to 3kW, with Powernet’s switched mode power supply (SMPS) technology that efficiently converts electrical power. “We expect our collaboration to be the start of a new era in the power-supply industry by combining Powernet’s well-established experience in productizing power supplies and Wise-integration’s GaN IC and digital-control technologies,” said Lee Don Ju, CEO of Powernet, which is a supplier to Korea’s semiconductor industry. “This combination will deliver a much higher level of energy efficiency to mass-market products, while reducing their environmental impact.” “This partnership, guided by our lon...