1. What is a GaN charger
Gallium nitride is a new type of semiconductor material, which has the characteristics of large band gap, high thermal conductivity, high temperature resistance, radiation resistance, acid and alkali resistance, high strength and high hardness.
It is widely used in new energy vehicles, rail transit, smart grid, semiconductor lighting, new-generation mobile communications, and is known as the third-generation semiconductor material. As the cost of technological breakthroughs is controlled, gallium nitride is currently widely used in consumer electronics and other fields, and chargers are one of them.
We know that the basic material of most industries is silicon, and silicon is a very important material from the perspective of the electronics industry. But as the limit of silicon is gradually approaching, basically the development of silicon has reached a bottleneck now, and many industries have begun to work hard to find more suitable alternatives, and gallium nitride has entered people's eyes in this way.
2. The difference between GaN chargers and ordinary chargers
The pain point of traditional chargers is that they are large in number, large in size, and inconvenient to carry, especially now that mobile phones are getting bigger and bigger, and mobile phone chargers are getting bigger and bigger. The emergence of GaN chargers has solved this life problem.
Gallium nitride is a new type of semiconductor material that can replace silicon and germanium. The switching frequency of the gallium nitride switch tube made of it is greatly improved, but the loss is smaller. In this way, the charger can use smaller transformers and other inductive components, thereby effectively reducing the size, reducing heat generation, and improving efficiency. To put it more bluntly, the GaN charger is smaller, the charging speed is faster, and the power is higher.
The biggest advantage of the GaN charger is that it is not only small in size, but its power has become larger. Generally, a GaN charger will have multi-port usb ports which can be used for two mobile phones and a laptop at the same time. Three chargers were required before, but now one can do it. Chargers using gallium nitride components are smaller and lighter, can achieve faster charging, and better control the heat generation during charging, reducing the risk of overheating during charging. In addition, with the technical support of gallium nitride, the fast charging power of the phone is also expected to hit a new high.
In the future, our mobile phone batteries will become larger and larger. At present, there are still certain challenges in technology, but in the future, it is possible to use GaN charger to charge our mobile phones faster and faster. The current disadvantage is that GaN charger are slightly more expensive, but with the advancement of technology and more and more people who approve them, the cost will drop quickly.
Post time: Oct-11-2022
