Project description
European competitiveness and advancing GaN technology
Gallium nitride (GaN) power device technology is essential for enabling power converters to withstand high radiation in space while improving power efficiency, density and frequency. As such, it is vital for space applications. In this context, the EU-funded ESGAN project aims to develop an innovative 200V enhancement-mode GaN transistor for use in power management circuits in space. The initiative will leverage the benefits of GaN, such as increased efficiency and reduced mass, while working together with a consortium of European partners across the supply chain. This collaboration aims to drive innovation and enhance European competitiveness in this field.
Objective
European Space GaN (ESGAN) aims to develop a 200V Enhancement mode GaN transistor (normally off) for use in power management circuits for space applications. The advantages obtained from Gallium Nitride (GaN) such as reduced mass, increased efficiency and the potential of radiation hardness are well known and the project will aim to exploit these in the development of the technology. Devices will be designed, produced, tested for radiation effects, thermal effects, structural effects and reliability performance and will be demonstrated in an application to verify the desired performance. The end goal will be to proceed with a space evaluation leading to a space qualification of the produced devices.
Another of the principal objectives is to establish and exercise a fully capable, committed European Supply Chain to remove dependency from other countries and geographical regions. To achieve the goals of the project a strong consortium has been established in which the members cover each of the stages of the supply chain. The consortium is composed of the following companies. AIXTRON, a company dedicated to the design and manufacture of equipment to grow advanced substrates for GaN transistors. SEMI ZABALA, a company dedicated to the design, test and packaging of GaN transistors and integrated circuits. X-FAB, a semiconductor foundry company that has developed and offers processing services for GaN transistors. AIRBUS DEFENCE & SPACE, are one of Europe´s leading companies dedicated to the design and manufacture of satellite equipment and systems. The consortium covers an end to end supply chain from materials, design, processing packaging and test through to end users.
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/euroscivoc.
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technology
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrypost-transition metals
- natural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicssemiconductivity
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinator
20004 DONOSTIA/SAN SEBASTIAN
Spain