{"id":2826,"date":"2019-03-07T17:15:22","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T16:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finepower.com?p=2826"},"modified":"2019-03-07T17:22:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T16:22:34","slug":"specialist-article-the-future-of-onboard-chargers-lies-in-gan-semiconductors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finepower.com\/en\/specialist-article-the-future-of-onboard-chargers-lies-in-gan-semiconductors\/","title":{"rendered":"Specialist article: The future of OnBoard Chargers lies in GaN semiconductors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tobias Fuhr (Development Engineer \/ Finepower) and Tobias Herrmann (Field Application Engineer \/ Finepower) present a promising approach of highly integrated GaN power converter modules in resonance converter topology in an article by Power Systems Design, PSD, the leading independent publisher in the global power electronics community.<\/p>\n<p>Finepower is currently developing a highly compact on-board charger for electric vehicles, which will use modern gallium nitride (GaN) transistors as power semiconductors instead of conventional silicon-based transistors. 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