Re:Global chip shortage may soon turn into an oversupply crisis
by greggsy on Sunday February 27, 2022 @03:36PM
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Are GaN2 and 3 more exotic, r are they just newer iterations of GaN?
Re:Global chip shortage may soon turn into an oversupply crisis
by kurthr on Sunday February 27, 2022 @03:49PM
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Those appear to marketing names applied to DC Chargers. I suspect that the GaN2&3 refer to higher frequency operation. This may be due to lower parasitic capacitances, and would allow smaller components/inductors to be used at comparable efficiencies and lower cost. Certainly, the wafers and materials seem to be the same.
Perhaps, for the new GaN on Sapphire wafers there could be a significant manufacturing limit? Mostly, those are used for Blue LEDs today.