GaN Systems Showcases World’s Smallest Charger, Groundbreaking LED Lighting Driver, and One of TIME’s Best 100 Inventions at CES® 2022

Key Takeaways

  • GaN Systems unveiled the latest groundbreaking company and customer products that will be shown at CES® 2022.
  • GaN continues its strong momentum with a showing of innovative chargers, audio, wireless charging, and automotive applications.
  • Highlights include the world’s smallest fast-charging GaN charger, the Syng Alpha Cell speaker, one of TIME's 100 Best Inventions of 2021, and Signify Philips LED bulb with built-in GaN driver.

OTTAWA, Canada, December 16, 2021 - GaN Systems, the global leader in GaN (gallium nitride) power semiconductors, unveiled today customer products that will be shown at CES® 2022:

  • The world’s smallest fast-charging GaN charger and chargers from Dell, Philips, Harman, and other market leaders.
  • One of TIME's 100 Best Inventions of 2021, the Syng Alpha Cell speaker, and several high-performance audio solutions.
  • A revolutionary design in LED lighting, Signify Philips built-in GaN driver into the LED bulb.
  • Automotive EV on-board charger, traction inverter, DC/DC converter, power modules, and more.

GaN Systems has seen acceptance beyond consumer electronics into automotive, industrial, data center, and renewable energy industries. In addition to unlocking the value of smaller, lighter, more efficient, and lower-cost power electronics, GaN has become a vital component to reducing companies' environmental impact. It is enabling them to create more energy-efficient power electronics that require fewer scarce resources and materials. 

Faster Charging in Miniature Sizes

  • Consumers are demanding more from their electronics, including smaller, sleeker, higher efficiency, and faster-charging devices for their laptops, smartphones, and other devices. GaN delivers the fast-charging speeds in small, lightweight form factors that consumers want. GaN Systems will show an array of 30W to 240W chargers from leading brands and others. On display will be Greenworks' vacuum cleaner that features multiple USB charging ports. Visitors can also get a sneak peek at the world's smallest 65W GaN fast charger.

Revolutionizing the Audio Experience

  • GaN is transforming audio, helping companies launch better sounding, higher-performance, smaller, and more eye-catching audio systems. In Class-D audio, GaN is on track to become the de-facto standard. In addition to the Syng Cell Alpha wireless speaker, acknowledged for its immersive sound and innovative design, GaN Systems will showcase Orchard Audio's Starkrimson Stereo Ultra amplifier and all-in-one Starkrimson Streamer Ultra. The Streamer Ultra is a system delivering commanding sound quality and performance in a discreet package, performing the same functions that once required a rack full of components.

Powering the Next Generation EVs

  • Technological advances in electric vehicles (EVs) reduce costs and provide the increased driving range consumers demand. GaN Systems continues to support automotive companies in their e-mobility journey by delivering lighter, smaller, and significantly more efficient DC/DC converters, on-board chargers (OBC), and traction inverters. The overall increase in EV efficiency and decline in weight deliver an incremental 6% increase in driving range. GaN endorsement is accelerating across the EV platform shown by the recent announcements from GaN Systems with BMW, Vitesco Technologies, and USI.

Imagining a World Without Wires

  • Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) technology is evolving, with innovations breaking through the barriers in spatial freedom, high power, high efficiency, and high frequency, enabling a new generation of genuinely wireless "drop and connect" applications. GaN Systems will highlight how GaN is embraced for wirelessly charging phones, drones, robots, and various micro-mobility applications.

“The breadth of GaN-enabled products we're showing at CES clearly demonstrates how much the consumer electronics and automotive industries have embraced our GaN transistors,” said Jim Witham, CEO of GaN Systems. “We take pride in knowing that this tiny semiconductor is improving our quality of life and improving the health of our planet.”

Visit GaN Systems at CES 2022

GaN Systems will demonstrate the latest designs and products in power supply, wireless power, audio, and automotive solutions at Tech East, Renaissance Hospitality Suites (next to the Las Vegas Convention Center). Please contact mary@triercompany.com for an editorial briefing or online to reserve an appointment with GaN Systems.

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About GaN Systems

GaN Systems is the global leader in GaN power semiconductors with the most extensive transistors portfolio that uniquely addresses the needs of 'today's most demanding industries, including consumer electronics, data center servers, and power supplies, renewable energy systems, industrial motors, and automotive electronics. As an industry-leading innovator, GaN Systems makes it possible to design 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 transistor performance rules, GaN Systems enables 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.

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Key Takeaways

  • GaN Systems unveiled the latest groundbreaking company and customer products that will be shown at CES® 2022.
  • GaN continues its strong momentum with a showing of innovative chargers, audio, wireless charging, and automotive applications.
  • Highlights include the world’s smallest fast-charging GaN charger, the Syng Alpha Cell speaker, one of TIME's 100 Best Inventions of 2021, and Signify Philips LED bulb with built-in GaN driver.

Quotes

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The breadth of GaN-enabled products we're showing at CES clearly demonstrates how much the consumer electronics and automotive industries have embr...
Jim Witham — GaN Systems CEO

Related Bios

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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Mary Placido
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Media Contact - Trier and Company for GaN Systems