Renesas Completes Acquisition of Transphorm

Accelerates Large Bandgap Product Providing and Introduces 15 New GaN-Based mostly Profitable Mixture Reference Designs

Renesas Electronics Company (“Renesas” TSE:6723), a premier provider of superior semiconductor options, immediately introduced that it has accomplished the acquisition of Transphorm, Inc. (“Transphorm” Nasdaq: TGAN), a world chief in gallium nitride (GaN) as of June 20, 2024. With the closing of the acquisition now accomplished, Renesas will instantly begin providing GaN-based energy merchandise and associated reference designs to satisfy the rising demand for large bandgap (WBG) semiconductor merchandise.

WBG supplies reminiscent of GaN and silicon carbide (SiC) are thought-about key applied sciences for next-generation energy semiconductors as a result of their superior energy effectivity, larger switching frequencies and small footprints in comparison with standard silicon-based units. Each GaN and SiC-based merchandise are anticipated to develop quickly over the following decade, pushed by demand from electrical autos (EVs), inverters, knowledge middle servers, synthetic intelligence (AI), renewable power, industrial energy conversion, shopper functions and others.

“Prospects immediately profit from the brand new GaN merchandise by turnkey reference designs, which combine applied sciences from each corporations,” mentioned Chris Allexandre, Senior Vice President and Common Supervisor of Energy at Renesas. “Including GaN into our portfolio additionally reinforces our dedication to develop merchandise and expertise that make folks’s lives simpler. Offering strong and sustainable energy options that save power, scale back price and reduce environmental impacts does simply that.” 

Investing within the energy enterprise is a vital a part of Renesas’ technique for reaching sustainable, long-term development. Different latest strikes that Renesas has made to bolster this market section embrace: the opening of the Kofu Manufacturing unit, a devoted 300-mm wafer fab for energy merchandise; ramping up a brand new SiC manufacturing line on the Takasaki Manufacturing unit; and forging an settlement with Wolfspeed to safe a gentle provide of SiC wafers over the following 10 years. With GaN expertise now a part of Renesas’ portfolio, Renesas is poised to supply extra complete energy options to help the evolving wants of shoppers throughout a broad vary of functions. 

On the identical day that it accomplished the acquisition of Transphorm, Renesas rolled out 15 new Profitable Mixtures, market-ready reference designs that mix the brand new GaN merchandise with Renesas’ embedded processing, energy, connectivity and analog portfolios. These embrace the designs of Transphorm’s automotive-grade GaN expertise built-in for on-board battery chargers in addition to 3-in-1 powertrain options for EVs.

Some examples are: 

• 500W Onboard Battery Charger for 2-Wheeler EV
• 3-in-1 EV Unit: Inverter, Onboard Charger, DC/DC Converter
• 240W 48V Prolonged Energy Vary AC/DC Adapter 
• 3.6KW Bi-directional Digital Energy DAB System

Based in 2007 in Goleta, California, Transphorm, with roots from the College of California at Santa Barbara and the Large Bandgap trade, is constructed on a basis of distinctive expertise entrepreneurship. Transphorm, a number one innovator in GaN semiconductors designs, manufactures and sells high-performance and high-reliability GaN energy merchandise for a broad spectrum of high-voltage energy conversion functions.