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Navitas to Unveil Breakthrough Advances in GaN and SiC for AI Data Center, EV, and Mobile Applications at APEC 2025

TORRANCE, Calif., Feb. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Navitas Semiconductor (Nasdaq: NVTS), the only pure-play, next-generation power semiconductor company and industry leader in gallium nitride (GaN) power ICs and silicon carbide (SiC) technology, has announced it will attend APEC 2025 and highlight the latest advances in GaN and SiC wide bandgap technologies for AI data center EV, and mobile applications. Additionally, Navitas will highlight its latest ‘paradigm in power conversion’, unveiled in a live-streamed press event on the 12th of March.

APEC takes place at Atlanta's Georgia World Congress Center from March 16th to 20th. The company's “Planet Navitas” stand (Booth #1107) will showcase the company’s mission to ‘Electrify our World™’ by advancing the transition from legacy silicon to next-generation, clean energy GaN and SiC power semiconductors. These technologies are designed for high-growth markets that demand the highest efficiency and power density. The shift from silicon to GaN and SiC technologies has the potential to save over 6,000 megatons of CO2 per year by 2050. Recent Navitas breakthroughs that will be highlighted on the stand include:

  • World’s First 8.5 kW AI Data Center Power Supply: See the world’s first 8.5 kW OCP power solution achieving 98% efficiency for AI and hyperscale data centers. Featuring high-power GaNSafe™ power ICs and Gen-3 Fast SiC MOSFETs in 3-Phase Interleaved CCM Totem-Pole PFC and 3-Phase LLC topologies to provide the highest efficiency, performance, and lowest component count.
  • World’s Highest Power Density AI Power Supply: Navitas delivers efficient 4.5 kW power in the smallest power-supply form-factor for the latest AI GPUs that demand 3x more power per rack. The optimized design uses high-power GaNSafe ICs and Gen-3 Fast SiC MOSFETs enabling the world’s highest power density with 137 W/in3 and over 97% efficiency.
  • IntelliWeave’ Patented Digital Control Optimized for AI Data Center Power Supplies: Combined with high-power GaNSafe™ and Gen-3 ‘Fast’ SiC MOSFETs to enable PFC peak efficiencies of 99.3% and reduce power losses by 30% compared to existing solutions.
  • Mid-voltage GaNFast FETs targeting 48V AI data center power supplies, next-generation EV platforms EV and AI-based robotics, to enable high-frequency, high-efficiency, and high-power density power conversion systems.
  • GaNSlim™: Simple. Fast. Integrated: A new generation of highly integrated GaN power ICs that will further simplify and speed the development of small form factor, high-power-density applications by offering the highest level of integration and thermal performance. Target applications include chargers for mobile devices and laptops, TV power supplies, and lighting systems of up to 500W.
  • Automotive Qualified (AEC-Q101) Gen-3 Fast SiC MOSFETs with ‘trench-assisted planar’ technology: Enabled by over 20 years of SiC innovation leadership, GeneSiC™ technology leads on performance with the Gen-3 ‘Fast’ SiC MOSFETs with ‘trench-assisted planar’ technology. This proprietary technology provides world-leading performance over temperature, delivering cool-running, fast-switching, and superior robustness to support faster charging EVs and up to 3x more powerful AI data centers.
  • SiCPAK™ High-Power Modules – Built for Endurance and Performance: Utilizing industry-leading ‘trench-assisted planar’-gate technology and epoxy-resin potting for increased power cycling and long-lasting reliability, SiCPAK modules offer compact form factors and provide cost-effective, power-dense solutions for applications including EV charging, drives, solar, and energy storage systems (ESS).
  • New Advancements in our Leading GaNFast & GeneSiC technology:
    • GeneSiC MOSFETs specifically optimized for EV traction modules with additional screening and gold metallization for sintering.
    • GaNSense™ motor drive ICs with bi-directional loss-less current sensing, voltage sensing, and temperature protection, further enhancing performance and robustness beyond what is achievable by any discrete GaN or discrete silicon device. 

Navitas will participate and present in the Industry Session which showcases the latest work in all areas of power electronics. 

Technical Presentations:
Wednesday 19th March

  • ‘GaNSlim Power IC & DPAK-4L Package Enables 100W, 100cc, PD3.1 Continuous Power Solution with 95% Efficiency’
    • 2:20 pm, IS14.3, A411, Tom Ribarich, Sr Dir. Strategic Marketing
  • ‘500kHz Inverter Design Using Bidirectional GaN Switches’
    • 8:30 am, IS11.1, A403, Jason Zhang, VP Applications & Technical Marketing
  • ‘Advancing Power Solutions: Integrating Wide Bandgap Technologies for Next-Generation Applications’
    • 1:30 pm – 4:55 pm ET, IS14, Llew Vaughan-Edmunds, Session Chair.
  • ‘WBG Converter Design’
    • 8:30 am – 11:55 am ET, IS11.1, Jason Zhang, Session Chair.

Thursday 20th March

  • ‘Marketing & Technology Trends in Power Electronics’
    • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM ET, Stephen Oliver, Session Chair.

To schedule a customer meeting with Navitas, please inquire here.
To schedule a press meeting, please book here (via Calendly)
To schedule an IR meeting, please book here (via Calendly)

About Navitas
Navitas Semiconductor (Nasdaq: NVTS) is the only pure-play, next-generation power-semiconductor company, celebrating 10 years of power innovation founded in 2014. GaNFast™ power ICs integrate gallium nitride (GaN) power and drive, with control, sensing, and protection to enable faster charging, higher power density, and greater energy savings. Complementary GeneSiC™ power devices are optimized high-power, high-voltage, and high-reliability silicon carbide (SiC) solutions. Focus markets include EV, solar, energy storage, home appliance / industrial, data center, mobile, and consumer. Over 250 Navitas patents are issued or pending, with the industry’s first and only 20-year GaNFast warranty. Navitas is the world’s first semiconductor company to be CarbonNeutral®-certified.

Navitas Semiconductor, GaNFast, GaNSense, GeneSiC, and the Navitas logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Navitas Semiconductor Limited and affiliates. All other brands, product names, and marks are or may be trademarks or registered trademarks used to identify products or services of their respective owners.

Contact Information
Llew Vaughan-Edmunds, Sr Director, Product Management & Marketing
info@navitassemi.com

Stephen Oliver, VP Corporate Marketing & Investor Relations
ir@navitassemi.com

A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/440b0960-3d04-4971-ab04-797bd1fff72e


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