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Heterogeneous Integration of GaN and BCD Technologies and Its Applications to High Conversion-Ratio DC-DC Boost Converter IC
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Heterogeneous Integration of GaN and BCD Technologies and Its Applications to High Conversion-Ratio DC-DC Boost Converter IC

Fanyi Meng, Don Disney, Bei Liu, Yildirim Baris Volkan, Ao Zhou, Zhipeng Liang, Xiang Yi, Susai Lawrence Selvaraj, Lulu Peng, Kaixue Ma, …
IEEE transactions on power electronics, Vol.34(3), pp.1993-1996
01/03/2019

Abstract

Boost converter CMOS dc–dc converter complementarymetal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) Field effect transistors Gallium nitride gallium nitride (GaN) heterogeneous integration high conversion ratio Integrated circuits integrated circuits (ICs) Logic gates Power transistors Prototypes Silicon
This letter presents a novel technology for the integration of gallium nitride (GaN) power devices with silicon control circuits. It comprises stacked GaN power transistors and bipolar-CMOS-double-diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor (DMOS) (BCD) circuits. It leverages on both advantages of the high-voltage low-loss GaN devices and the high-integration BCD circuits. Using conventional manufacturing, packaging, and assembly techniques and equipment, the proposed technology is technology transferrable and applicable for commercial power electronic applications. To validate the concept, a 3.3-70 V dc-dc boost converter is designed, implemented, and verified experimentally. It features a conversion efficiency of 70.3%, output power of 1.68 W, and compact size of {\text{0.32}}\times {\text{0.18}}\,{\text{cm}}^{2}.

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