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Digi-Key Secures Global Distribution Agreement

Digi-Key Electronics, a Thief River Falls-based electronic parts and automation products distributor, has secured a global distribution agreement with a line of radiation hardened GaN (gallium on nitride)-on-silicon transistors and integrated circuits from EPC Space. The products are tested and qualified for satellite applications.

“The addition of EPC Space’s rad hard gallium nitride-based power management products completes the entire EPC’s product portfolio through Digi-Key and brings intriguing next-generation breakthrough benefits to existing silicon-based solutions,” David Stein, Digi-Key Vice President of Global Supplier Management, said in a release. “We are thrilled to be able to offer these innovative products to the high reliability engineering community.”

According to the companies, the EPC Space line of products are, “smaller, have lower resistance, and have many times superior switching performance compared to silicon solutions.”

“Digi-Key has the fastest global logistics and the most efficient supply chain to service customers from early engineering through volume production,” Bel Lazar, CEO of EPC Space, said in the release. “Digi-Key’s world-class distribution capabilities will translate into fast and easy service to our global customers who want to access the entire line of EPC’s GaN power device products to replace their less-efficient, more costly silicon solutions.”

To learn more about Digi-Key, EPC Space, and the distribution agreement, read the release below.

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn., Feb. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Digi-Key Electronics, which offers the world’s largest selection of electronic components in stock for immediate shipment, announced that it has secured a global distribution agreement with EPC Space‘s line of radiation hardened (rad hard) GaN-on-silicon transistors and ICs, which are packaged, tested, and qualified for satellite and high-reliability applications.

Spanning a range of 40 V to 300 V, EPC Space offers a family of rad hard enhancement mode power transistors. These power transistors demonstrate significant performance advantages over competitive silicon-based rad hard power MOSFETs. EPC Space technology produces GaN devices that are smaller, have lower resistance, and have many times superior switching performance compared to silicon solutions.

“The addition of EPC Space’s rad hard gallium nitride-based power management products completes the entire EPC’s product portfolio through Digi-Key and brings intriguing next-generation breakthrough benefits to existing silicon-based solutions,” said David Stein, vice president of global supplier management for Digi-Key. “We are thrilled to be able to offer these innovative products to the high reliability engineering community.”

“Digi-Key has the fastest global logistics and the most efficient supply chain to service customers from early engineering through volume production,” said Bel Lazar, CEO of EPC Space. “Digi-Key’s world-class distribution capabilities will translate into fast and easy service to our global customers who want to access the entire line of EPC’s GaN power device products to replace their less-efficient, more costly silicon solutions.”

Digi-Key will also distribute EPC Space’s family of rad hard enhancement mode GaN drivers and power stages. Rad hard GaN drivers are optimized to drive rad hard GaN transistors in critical spaceborne systems. Rad hard power stages integrate a high-speed gate drive circuit with power switches to provide a monolithic complete power stage in a tiny footprint for smaller, lower weight systems.

For more information about EPC Space and to order from their product portfolio, please visit the Digi-Key website.

About EPC Space
EPC Space provides revolutionary high-reliability radiation hardened enhancement-mode gallium nitride (eGaN®) power management solutions for space and other harsh environments. Radiation hardened GaN-based power devices address critical spaceborne environments for applications including power supplieslight detection and ranging (lidar)motor drive, and ion thrusters. eGaN is a registered trademark of Efficient Power Conversion Corporation, Inc.

About Digi-Key Electronics
Digi-Key Electronics, headquartered in Thief River Falls, Minn., USA, is recognized as both the leader and continuous innovator in the high service distribution of electronic components and automation products worldwide. As the original pioneer in this space, Digi-Key provides more than 13 million components from over 2,200 quality name-brand manufacturers with an industry-leading breadth and depth of product in stock and available for immediate shipment. Beyond the products that drive technology innovation, Digi-Key also supports design engineers and procurement professionals with a wealth of digital solutions and tools to make their jobs more efficient. Additional information can be found at digikey.com and on FacebookTwitterYouTubeInstagram and LinkedIn.

 

 

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