BrightLoop Converters and GaN Systems Collaborate to Bring Disruptive Power Electronics to the Road Track and the Skies

Key Takeaways

  • GaN Systems and BrightLoop announced a strategic partnership to develop AC/DC and DC/DC Converter products for electric motorsport and aerospace applications.
  • Leveraging GaN Systems transistors, BrightLoop produces a range of converters that are smaller, lighter, and more efficient than currently available in the market.
  • BrightLoop’s most recent family of DCDC converters incorporates GaN Systems transistors and are around half the size and weight of the company’s first generation DCDC converter developed without GaN.

OTTAWA, Canada AND PARIS, France, July 21, 2020 – GaN Systems, the global leader in GaN (gallium nitride) power semiconductors, and BrightLoop Converters, a leading French power electronics company, today announced their strategic partnership to develop the latest AC/DC and DC/DC Converter products for electric motorsport and aerospace applications. Leveraging GaN Systems’ 650V GaN transistors, BrightLoop produces a range of converters that are smaller, lighter, and more efficient than currently available in the market.

GaN is a key component for applications in industries requiring high power performance and reliability. BrightLoop’s most recent family of DCDC converters, including the 1.9 kW, 4.8 kW, and 9.6 kW DCDC converters designed for hybrid and electric racing, incorporates GaN Systems transistors and are around half the size and weight of the company’s first generation DCDC converter developed without GaN. BrightLoop continues to make advancements using GaN to produce lighter and more compact converters.

BrightLoop’s DCDC converters are now used in many of the Formula E teams and the winning team from 2019. The converter’s function is to power all the low-voltage electronics including pumps, lighting, and radio. Most recently, the World Sporting Consulting (WSC) Group, the premier motorsport event and racing promotion organization overseeing Touring Car Racing (TCR) and ETCR (Electric Touring Car Racing) brands, announced BrightLoop as the sole supplier of DCDC converters for ETCR cars. ETCR is the world’s first electric touring car championship, which will begin this summer 2020.

Additionally, BrightLoop will unveil a high performance 5 kW ACDC power factor correction (PFC) product for aerospace applications coming later next year, which also incorporates GaN Systems transistors. It operates from an input voltage of 60 to 180 VAC and achieves 96 percent efficiency.

“We are excited to partner with GaN Systems as a recognized leader in the GaN power semiconductor marketplace,” said Florent Liffran, CEO of BrightLoop Converters. “The industries which we service require high reliability and performance and GaN is an important piece in helping us achieve that. GaN Systems offers one of the best lines of 650V GaN transistors and coupled with its unique packaging allow unprecedented integration.”

“Teaming up with a leader like BrightLoop to demonstrate GaN Systems’ products in these very demanding applications proves the value and ruggedness of our GaN in high reliability power applications,” stated Jim Witham, CEO of GaN Systems.

For more information about GaN Systems and BrightLoop’s collaboration, download the case study here.

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About GaN Systems

GaN Systems is the global leader in GaN power semiconductors with the largest portfolio of transistors that uniquely address the needs of today’s most demanding industries including consumer electronics, data center servers, renewable energy systems, industrial motors and automotive. As a market-leading innovator, GaN Systems makes possible the design of smaller, lower cost, more efficient power systems. The company’s award-winning products provide system design opportunities free from the limitations of yesterday’s silicon. By changing the rules of transistor performance, GaN Systems is enabling power conversion companies to revolutionize their industries and transform the world. For more information, please visit: www.gansystems.com or on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn and scan this QR code for our WeChat.

About BrightLoop Converters

BrightLoop Converters is a leading French company in power electronics for top-performance applications. Addressing the needs of the harshest environments such as motorsports, defence, aerospace and railways, BrightLoop Converters develops and manufactures high efficiency and high reliability power converters with the best power-to-weight ratio on the market. Already supplying first-class players in the most demanding hybrid and electric series such as Formula 1, Formula E or ETCR, the goal for BrightLoop is more than ever to keep innovating and revolutionizing the world of power electronics. For more information, please visit: https://www.brightloop.fr/en/ or follow us on LinkedIn.


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Key Takeaways

  • GaN Systems and BrightLoop announced a strategic partnership to develop AC/DC and DC/DC Converter products for electric motorsport and aerospace applications.
  • Leveraging GaN Systems transistors, BrightLoop produces a range of converters that are smaller, lighter, and more efficient than currently available in the market.
  • BrightLoop’s most recent family of DCDC converters incorporates GaN Systems transistors and are around half the size and weight of the company’s first generation DCDC converter developed without GaN.
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Leveraging GaN Systems transistors, BrightLoop's range of converters are smaller, lighter, and more efficient.
GaN is a key component in industries requiring high power performance and reliability.

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We are excited to partner with GaN Systems as a recognized leader in the GaN power semiconductor marketplace. The industries which we service requi...
Florent Liffran — CEO, BrightLoop Converters
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Teaming up with a leader like BrightLoop to demonstrate GaN Systems’ products in these very demanding applications proves the value and ruggedness ...
Jim Witham — CEO, GaN Systems

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Jim Witham
GaN Systems CEO
Jim Witham’s career has focused on bringing new technology, like GaN Systems’ world’s best performing power transistors, to the Electronics market.

Witham joined GaN Systems from Neoconix, a manufacturer of high density, miniature connectors. As CEO of Neoconix, he successfully implemented strategic changes which dramatically increased revenue and resulted in the company’s acquisition by Unimicron Technology. Prior to Neoconix, Witham was CEO of Fultec Semiconductor, where his team made circuit protection devices using high voltage silicon, silicon carbide and gallium nitride (GaN) transistors. Fultec was acquired by circuit protection market leader Bourns. Witham has also held VP Sales & Marketing positions at Aegis Semiconductor, a tunable filter semiconductor manufacturer and Genoa, a semiconductor optical amplifier manufacturer.

Other notable career highlights include senior executive positions at Raychem, including General Manager of the Raychem Interconnect Division and Director of Asia Sales & Marketing, based in Japan, for the Raychem Circuit Protection Division. As an Engineering Specialist at General Dynamics’ Space System Division during the eighties, Witham designed fluid systems for the Space Shuttle and was on Mission Control for interplanetary missions. Witham holds an MBA from Harvard and both M.S. and B.S. with distinction in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford.
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