Infineon Tech acquire GaN Tech (new direction for their Class-D production)? "maybe"
It'll be interesting to watch/see what they do with their future production of Class-D amp chips.
https://tinyurl.com/yu2l62qa
https://tinyurl.com/yprgt7ur
Cheers George
It'll be interesting to watch/see what they do with their future production of Class-D amp chips.
https://tinyurl.com/yu2l62qa
https://tinyurl.com/yprgt7ur
Cheers George
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Note no mention of audio products in the press release. I doubt Infineon care about that market for these products.
Don't know about that, they're already spruiking about GaN on their "Class D Audio Amplifier" page/parts.
Under Analog input Class-D chips: Class D audio amplifier
Cheers George
Under Analog input Class-D chips: Class D audio amplifier
Cheers George
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All I said they were "spruiking" about GaN on their "Class D Audio Amplifier" page.
Nothing else, talk about aggression
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Not agression, just pointing out that your OP didn't make any sense.
BTW the latest link says under 'Applications' Gallium nitride target applications include USB-C adapters and chargers, TV power supplies, server and telecom SMPS, solar and energy storage systems, motor drives, robots and drones, and more.
Funny no mention of audio yet again.
BTW the latest link says under 'Applications' Gallium nitride target applications include USB-C adapters and chargers, TV power supplies, server and telecom SMPS, solar and energy storage systems, motor drives, robots and drones, and more.
Funny no mention of audio yet again.
You put a web link in and then a quote after it which does not appear in the page you linked. That's bad etiquette before we even start on the fact that Infineon clearly view audio as a low volume market compared to the other areas they are targetting. Just pointing it out.
I started this thread for future Class-D offerings that "could" come anlong from Infineon, for others to read.
Not for you to be judge and jury and to get all aggressive about, and to create an arguement with
Not for you to be judge and jury and to get all aggressive about, and to create an arguement with
Look down that page under "Application Brochure" --
MERUS™ class D audio amplifier solutions EN CN
In the brochure:
"Infineon's MERUS™ discrete audio amplifier ICs combined with a set of power MOSFETs and GaN HEMTs make it possible..."
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MERUS™ class D audio amplifier solutions EN CN
In the brochure:
"Infineon's MERUS™ discrete audio amplifier ICs combined with a set of power MOSFETs and GaN HEMTs make it possible..."
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Relax please. Im sure some great audio chips will come out of it even there are plenty of such already.
Cheers!
Cheers!
CoolGAN and as far as I can tell all the GAN on Infineon's website is their own pre-existing GAN line.
GAN Systems' line is still on their own website (which features Infineon branding as well). There, they have a case study on Orchard Audio's GAN class-D amps.
My favorite thing here is that Infineon did this with all cash.
GAN Systems' line is still on their own website (which features Infineon branding as well). There, they have a case study on Orchard Audio's GAN class-D amps.
My favorite thing here is that Infineon did this with all cash.
As said they are half as powerful in watts as the the others atm, being only 250W@8ohm but still doubling to 500w@4ohm, early days yet bet that those figures grow in the future
US$830 million!!! who has that kind of spare change hanging around.
Cheers George
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Hi,
Not a lot of difference between the GaN amplifiers and Hypex Nilai or Purifi performance which use MOSFETs.
Regards,
Shadders.
Not a lot of difference between the GaN amplifiers and Hypex Nilai or Purifi performance which use MOSFETs.
Regards,
Shadders.
Calling audio Class-D audio amplifiers "high-frequency" switching, is rather cute. 😀
It's also not really high power, well yeah maybe for 4-10kW pro amplifiers.
This is also where those things make a bit more sense, because even at 90-95% efficiency with MOSFETs that's still quite a lot of heat dissipation.