Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TOGB20250321021
- Term of Validity
- 21 March 2025 - 21 March 2026
- Company's Country
- United Kingdom
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- A UK fabless semiconductor company specialises in developing state of the art high voltage power devices (100V-10kV) including trench and superjunction IGBTs and MOSFETs in Si, SiC, GaN and diamond. They offer high-level technical consultancy and components for designing and optimising various power devices under technical cooperation or commercial agreements with technical assistance in the fields of power conversion, medical devices, electric vehicles (EV) etc.
- Full Description
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An East of England fabless semiconductor company offers wide ranging expert consultancy services to developers of power electronics systems and semiconductor devices worldwide.
High voltage power devices are used in many fields such as electric vehicles, medical devices, LED drivers, AC-DC converters, traction, HVDC (high-voltage, direct current) etc. These devices are at the heart of electric power conversion and are becoming increasingly important for high efficiency power conversion, extended range of EVs, miniaturised medical devices, etc. The company offers expert consultancy services to product developers to help them choose or develop optimum power devices for their target application, development of new concepts or transfer into mass production, qualification, yield and reliability enhancement and IP generation.
Technologies mastered include 20V to >6500V solutions in Si, SOI, SiC, GaN, diamond. The device expertise encompasses trench and superjunction MOSFETs (metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors) and IGBTs (insulated-gate bipolar transistors), diodes, BJTs (bipolar junction transistors).
In addition, the company also has their own proprietary lateral high voltage technology with world’s smallest lateral power IGBT. The technology allows easy integration with CMOS circuits, sensors, start-up devices, ideal for energy-efficient compact power supplies and medical devices.
The cooperation with developers and manufacturers of above-mentioned devices may be technical or commercial with technical assistance. The former will apply to joint development, the latter is more fit for cases where the UK company provides semiconductor devices along with technical support and know-how for further integration into partners’ products. - Advantages and Innovations
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The novel lateral configurations allow for:
- Miniaturisation. Lateral devices are more than 10x smaller than the traditional devices and enable making some applications/products mush smaller than they currently are. As an example in one research project, the company managed to develop a solution to make an implantable defibrillator much thinner than the current solution just because of the lateral power devices they designed. Also they managed to increase the battery life of the defibrillator due to better efficiency. These two offered a defibrillator that is less noticeable when implanted under the skin of a patient and also increased the time between operations required to change the battery,
- Easy packaging and integration,
- Better performance at lower power levels. - Stage of Development
- Already on the market
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
- IPR status
- IPR granted
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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Type of partner sought: industry
Specific activity of partner: developers and manufacturers of high voltage semiconductor switches, controllers, sensors, drivers but also users of these in EV, medical and other devices.
Role of partner sought: to send a non-confidential description of a current task or any issues. The UK company can then propose (mixes of) ready solutions and any further technical development needed, and/or the respective tasks at the partners’ sites. - Type and Size of Partner
- SME 50 - 249
- Big company
- SME <=10
- SME 11-49
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 04001003 - Storage of electricity, batteries
- 001001004 - Electronic engineering
- 001001015 - Semiconductors
- 04001004 - Transmission of electricity
- 01002001 - Micro and Nanotechnology related to Electronics and Microelectronics
- Market keywords
- 03001001 - Semiconductors
- 08005 - Other Industrial Products (not elsewhere classified)
- 03003 - Power Supplies
- 05004001 - Electromedical and medical equipment
- 08003006 - Power transmission equipment (including generators & motors)
- Targeted countries
- All countries
