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MACOM Technology Solutions — MWJ: RF Energy Webinar (October 2015)
18 slides from MACOM Technology Solutions's conference presentation, Oct 27, 2015
Slide 1: MWJ: RF Energy Webinar
MWJ: RF Energy Webinar October 27, 2015 11:00 AM EST Mike Ziehl, Tom Kole, Klaus Werner (Executive Director of the RF Energy Alliance)
Slide 2: Outline
Outline Introduction − MACOM Company Overview RF Energy – What is RF Energy? – RF Energy Market Opportunities – RF Energy Alliance – Market Growth Estimates Why GaN is a fit for RF Energy – Technical Specs (Efficiency, Gain) – GaN Technology: SiC vs Si Comparison – LDMOS vs GaN Si Plastic Packaging
Slide 3: MACOM Company Overview
MACOM Company Overview Provider of High-Performance Analog RF, μW, mmW and Photonic Solutions Headquartered in Lowell Massachusetts Global, multi-channel sales strategy 27 offices worldwide, 1101 employees 3,000+ products across 40 product lines $418 million of FY 2014 revenue 60 years o
Slide 4: What is RF Energy?
What is RF Energy? Classical RF Use: Classical RF Use: Long-Distance Data Transmission Magnetron Drive for Local Heating Solid State RF Energy:
Slide 5: Application Highlights
Application Highlights Benefits from Benefits from Benefits from Benefits from better control, higher volume, higher volume, standardization, form factor, better control, cost-efficiency, reliability, design freedom form factor form factor control and form factor
Slide 6: Market Opportunities
TRANSITIONING Cooking Market Opportunities EMERGING + Industrial CURRENT Ablation POTENTIAL ¢ Auto Ignition * Drying. Lighting « MRI/NMR ¢ Auto Lighting + Industrial + Lasers Processing > 70 million High-bay > 2000 MRIs per | > 87 million microwaves per luminaires market | year automobiles per year
Slide 7: Standardizing solid-state RF energy components, modules and application interfaces
Standardizing solid-state RF energy components, modules and application interfaces to: Reduce system cost Minimize design complexity Ease application integration Increase market adoption & growth
Slide 8: RF Energy Market Growth Estimates
RF Energy Market Growth Estimates RF Energy Market forecasted to exceed $1B in 5 years (SunTrust market report) Key RF Energy Markets: • RF Energy Transfer • Solid State Heating • Plasma Lighting • Spark Plug Ignition • RF Heating/Drying • Medical (Tumors)
Slide 9: Why Gallium Nitride on Silicon?
Why Gallium Nitride on Silicon? Semiconductor Property Comparison Property Si GaN/SiC GaN/Si LDMOS Power Density Ruggedness Cost Efficiency High volume Manufacturability Cost/Power density/Ruggedness/ Efficiency FOM
Slide 10: Why GaN? Substrate Materials Technology Drives Cost
Why GaN? Substrate Materials Technology Drives Cost Device Substrate Growth Size Crystal Defect Industry $/in2 Technology Technology Temp/Rate Density Volume GaN on SiC SI-SiC 2000oC 3” - 6” Present - 1X 1X 150um / hr Increases with Wafer Size GaN on Si Silicon 1400oC 4” – 12” None 106 X 10-3 – 10-4
Slide 11: MACOM's Plastic Packaging and Module Capabilities
MACOM’s Plastic Packaging and Module Capabilities Plastic Packaging − MACOM has extensive experience in high power plastic packaging − Demonstrated performance at 2.45GHz with GaN-Si in plastic − Thermally enhanced high power plastic packaging − TO272 has lower thermal resistance than legacy ceramic
Slide 12: Industrial Heating/Cooking - Solid State Motivation
Industrial Heating/Cooking- Solid State Motivation • Multiple kW systems at 896/915/2450 MHz currently rely on high power magnetrons as microwave source • High kW magnetrons have various disadvantages: – Short life time of ~ 1yr running – High replacement costs – Lack of dynamic power control – Spec
Slide 13: Automotive Ignition – Solid State Motivation
Automotive Ignition – Solid State Motivation Concept: Add RF Energy to existing HEI ignitions to improve fuel efficiency − Gain 10% or more in efficiency − Allows car OEMs to meet 2017 CAFÉ standards − As add on – system could fail and car would still run Potential Market Size: − World wide estimate
Slide 14: Plasma Lighting - Solid State Motivation
Plasma Lighting- Solid State Motivation Concept: - Use RF energy to excite plasma in a light bulb to generate efficient and near ideal color temperature light − US based (CA) start ups pioneered this technology − Color temperature near true sunlight − Other advantages such as dimming ability, fast r
Slide 15: Motivation for Medical
Motivation for Medical Concept: - Use RF energy to destroy cancer cells and other abnormal cells − Proven treatment where other surgery is not possible − Significantly less invasive treatment − RF ablative heating can improve chemotherapy effectiveness − 2.45GHz is optimal for probe (antenna) size P
Slide 16: Future of RF Energy - Conclusions
Future of RF Energy- Conclusions • RF energy applications at the very early stages of their evolution: − Magnetron replacement − Auto ignition − High bay lighting − Medical − Industrial heating/drying • Initial products have/will launch with LDMOS technology • GaN/Si is the ultimate technology step
Slide 17: High Power GaN-Si Process
High Power High Power GaN-Si Modules Plastic Process Packaging Modules 70% 70% Efficient and Gen 4 GaN-Si Gen 4 Pallets Efficiency
Slide 18: For More Information Please Visit:
For More Information Please Visit: www.rfenergy.org www.macom.com/rfenergy
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