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Applications : RF Power Amplifiers
These chips are very small electronic devices that “amplify” low power signals. These chips generally create a lot of heat because of the fundamentally inefficient nature of the core amplifying materials. GaN-on-Diamond based Amplifiers offer a boost in efficiency and power in the following applications.
Radar
These are very sophisticated sensors that can be used to detect moving or stationary “invisible” materials and structures, for which the radar has been designed to detect. Radars need to “Amplify” signals by a huge amount before they are emitted into the air, and hence their need for Power Amplifiers. Radars can range in size from a small handheld gear to a 20-storey building. Your local law-enforcement officials, and the U.S. Air Force use this a lot!
Cellular Base Stations
These are common-place equipment that route your cell phone traffic from your handset to the other caller. There is an almost perpetual world-wide transition to ever more powerful and energy efficient base-stations that can handle denser and more complicated voice/data/video traffic. Base stations need to “Amplify” signals by a huge amount before they are emitted into the air, and hence their need for Power Amplifiers.
Climate Sensing Radar
These radar equipment are similar to the material-detecting radar above, except they are specially designed for sensing things like snow, water, and ice precipitation. Consider the images from your local weatherman reporter. Climate radar will soon be able to detect the thickness of that ice bed in your backyard pool! Escalated climate change in recent decades has also called for more sophisticated tools for use in accurate measurement.
Ground Penetrating Radar
These are yet another form of radar, except they have been specially designed for the detection of obscure or ground-submerged cracks and macro-defects in roads, bridges, and other concrete infrastructure. Like other radar, these systems rely on the emission of heavily amplified signal that is to be emitted into the air. These radar systems are envisioned for use in modernizing the U.S.’s aging infrastructure, and predicting and preventing the next public-use bridge collapse or dam/levee failure.
Converters & Inverters
Someday (hopefully), we will all drive hybrids and electric vehicle automobiles. Key components in these very complex systems are widgets that convert electrical energy from one form to another. They’re called converters and inverters, and GaN-on-Diamond can enable them to perform their tasks in the most efficient and effective manner possible.
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