The EPC9083 is a 60-W, Class-E amplifier development board from Efficient Power Conversion Corp. that enables power systems designers to evaluate the performance of gallium nitride transistors, by providing a development board for wireless power, LiDAR, current-mode class D, and push-pull converters operating at frequencies up to 15 MHz. The board is based on the company’s EPC2046, an eGaN FET rated at 200 V, 25 mohms. The FET exhibits lower switching loss than EPC’s previous-generation eGaN FETs, while maintaining similar drain-source on-resistance.
The board has a supply voltage of 0 to 40 V and accepts inputs from 0 to 12 V. It comes with a 5 V regulator to supply power to the logic circuits and a gate driver. The amplifiers are set to operate in differential mode, and can be reconfigured to operate in a single-ended mode.
List price for the board is $158.13 each.