Gallium Nitride (GaN) Technology Overview EFFICIENT POWER CONVERSION SilicON POwer MOSFeTS
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Power MOSFETs first started appearing in 1976 as alternatives to bipolar transistors. These majority carrier devices were faster, more rugged, and had higher current gain than their minority-carrier counterparts. As a result, switching power conversion became a commercial reality. AC-DC switching power supplies for early desktop computers were among the earliest volume consumers of power MOSFETs, followed by variable speed motor drives, fluorescent lights, DC-DC converters, and thousands of other applications that populate our daily lives.
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