Navitas Semiconductor, the only pure-play, next-generation power semiconductor company and industry leader in gallium nitride (GaN) power ICs and silicon carbide (SiC) technology, welcome visitors to “Planet Navitas” – an immediate implementation of tomorrow’s sustainable, achievable, everyday world - at APEC 2023 (Orlando, FL, March 20^th – 23^rd, 2023).

Since its inception in 1985, the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) has become the world’s premier event in power electronics, with high-caliber, peer-reviewed technical content from industry and academia. The APEC 2016 keynote by Dan Kinzer, COO / CTO and co-founder, was the public debut for start-up Navitas and GaNFast power ICs.

Following the mission to “Electrify our World™”, the “Planet Navitas” exhibition booth invites visitors to discover how next-gen GaN and SiC technology enable the latest solutions for fully-electrified housing, transportation, and industry. Examples range from TV power to home-appliance motors and compressors, EV charging, solar/micro-grid installations, and on to data center power systems. Each example highlights end-user benefits, such as increased portability, longer range, faster charging, and grid independence, plus a focus on how low-carbon-footprint GaN and SiC technology can save over 6 Gtons/yr CO₂ by 2050.

“APEC is a significant event in the power industry calendar, with an intense schedule of customer discussions on new technologies and systems,” said Mr. Kinzer. “Complementary GaNFast and GeneSiC portfolios, with comprehensive, application-specific system design support accelerates customer time-to-market with sustainable performance advantages. ‘Planet Navitas’ represents the very real, inspiring implementation of GaN & SiC across the vast $22B/year market opportunity.”

APEC 2023 will take place at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, with the exhibition running from March 20^th-22^nd. “Planet Navitas” is featured at booth #516.

Technical presentations:

• Tuesday 21st March
  • “Other Perspectives of Power Electronics- Markets, Society and Policies”
    • 8:30 AM, ETIS06, Stephen Oliver, VP Corp. Mktg. & IR (session chair)
  • “The Past, Present, and Future of Current Sensing”
    • 9:45 AM, ETIS06.4, John Stevens, Dir. Business Development
  • “Sustainability Benefits of GaNFast Power ICs”
    • 10:40 AM ETIS06.5, Anthony Schiro, VP Quality
• Wednesday 22nd March
  • “Integrated WBG Semiconductors - Enhancing Power Density and Reducing Part Count”
    • 8:30 AM, ETIS08, Llew Vaughan-Edmunds, Sr. Dir. Mktg. (session chair)
  • “An Ultra-High Efficiency High Power Density 140W PD3.1 AC-DC Adapter Using GaN Power ICs”
    • 2:30 PM, T23.4, Xiucheng Huang, Sr. Dir. Applications / Nabil Akel, Sr. Staff Applications Engineer
• Thursday 23rd March
  • “New GaNSense Half-Bridge IC Enables Next Gen High-Frequency, High-Efficiency, High-Density Topologies”
    • 9:45 AM, ETIS19.4, Tom Ribarich, Sr. Dir. Strategic Marketing

Exhibitor seminars (date/time to be confirmed):

• “GeneSiC: Efficient 800V Charging and Conversion with No-compromise Trench-Assisted Planar Gate SiC”
  • Dr. Ranbir Singh, EVP SiC Business
• “GaNFast: The Next-Gen Revolution – 5 Years and More of GaN Power ICs”
  • Stephen Oliver, VP Corp. Mktg. & IR

Student Job Fair:

• From Los Angeles to Shanghai, careers at Navitasspan cutting-edge IC design and innovative applications engineering to pioneering research and ensuring customer success and revenue growth. Meet the experts and join the team!
  • Tuesday 21^st, 1:30 - 5:00 PM, Hall W3, Shaun Sandera, Sr. Human Resources Manager

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