Transphorm Inc., which designs and manufactures 650V gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors, has received a $15 million investment from Yaskawa Electric Corporation.
Yaskawa’s integrated Σ-7 F servo motor relies on Transphorm’s high-voltage (HV) GaN to deliver unprecedented performance and power density. Transphorm intends to allocate the funds to various areas of its GaN product development.
The integrated Σ-7 F products resulting from the companies’ co-development serves one of the core target markets that can benefit most from HV GaN: servo motors.