瑞萨电子宣布以3.39亿美元收购美国氮化镓（GaN）功率半导体供应商Transphorm，拓展氮化镓GaN产品布局。根据行业研究，GaN的需求预计每年将增长50%以上。
瑞萨电子表示，此次收购将使瑞萨获得GaN内部技术，从而扩展其在电动汽车、计算（数据中心、人工智能、基础设施）、可再生能源、工业电源以及快速充电器/适配器等快速增长市场的业务范围。GaN可实现更高的开关频率、更低的功率损耗和更小的外形尺寸，从而实现更高效、更轻的结构以及更低的总体成本。
瑞萨表示，他们将采用Transphorm的汽车级GaN技术来开发新的增强型电源解决方案，例如用于电动汽车的X-in-1动力总成解决方案，以及面向计算、能源、工业和消费应用的解决方案。
此外，随着全球对高效电力系统的需求不断增加，相关产业正在向以碳化硅（SiC）和GaN为代表的宽禁带（WBG）材料过渡。在此背景下，瑞萨宣布已建立一条内部SiC生产线，并签署了为期10年的SiC晶圆供应协议。
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“News Headline: Renesas Electronics to Acquire GaN Provider====
“News Headline: Renesas Electronics to Acquire GaN Provider Transphorm for $339 Million to Expand Electric Vehicle Market
Keywords: Renesas Electronics, GaN technology, acquisition of Transphorm
News Content: Renesas Electronics announced its acquisition of US GaN (gallium nitride) power semiconductor provider Transphorm for $339 million to expand its GaN product portfolio. According to industry research, the demand for GaN is expected to grow by more than 50% annually.
Renesas Electronics stated that this acquisition will enable it to obtain GaN internal technology, thereby expanding its business scope in fast-growing markets such as electric vehicles, computing (data centers, artificial intelligence, infrastructure), renewable energy, industrial power supplies, and fast chargers/adapters. GaN can achieve higher switching frequencies, lower power losses, and smaller form factors, resulting in more efficient, lighter structures and lower overall costs.
Renesas said they will use Transphorm’s automotive-grade GaN technology to develop new enhanced power solutions, such as X-in-1 powertrain solutions for electric vehicles, as well as solutions for computing, energy, industrial, and consumer applications.
In addition, with the increasing global demand for efficient power systems, related industries are transitioning to wide bandgap (WBG) materials represented by silicon carbide (SiC) and GaN. Against this background, Renesas announced the establishment of an internal SiC production line and signed a 10-year SiC wafer supply agreement.”
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