Ideal Power Completes Successful Proof of Concept Testing of its Double-Sided B-TRAN™
March 05 2018 - 08:31AM
Ideal Power Inc. (NASDAQ:IPWR), an innovative power conversion
technology company, has successfully completed proof of concept
testing of double-sided Bi-directional bi-polar junction TRANsistor
(B-TRAN™) prototypes. Tests confirmed that gain, breakdown voltage,
and low conduction losses closely match characteristics from third
party simulations. Two designs, a standard double-sided and a
full-featured one-sided B-TRANTM, were produced by two different
semiconductor fabricators. These devices validate the ability to
make B-TRAN™ semiconductor power switches using conventional
silicon semiconductor fabrication equipment and processes.
“This is an important step in the development of Ideal Power’s
double-sided B-TRAN™ device,” said Ideal Power Chairman Lon Bell.
“These results validate the fundamental properties of the B-TRAN™
structure, its potential performance, and the capability of current
semiconductor manufacturing to produce the double-sided
devices.”
Test results on the standard double-sided prototypes measured
B-TRAN™ electrical losses at less than 40% that of conventional
power switches such as silicon insulated-gate bipolar transistors
(IGBTs). Ideal Power Chairman Bell added, “B-TRAN™’s enhanced
switching performance translates into higher energy conversion
efficiency, lower cooling complexity and fewer components in
bi-directional applications compared to conventional power
switches.”
The Company believes the B-TRANTM has the potential to address
the multi-billion dollar power semiconductor market including solar
photovoltaic inverters, microgrid power conversion systems,
electric vehicle drivetrains, bi-directional energy storage,
solid-state DC and AC contactors and breakers, variable frequency
drives and other power conversion and control applications that
could benefit from B-TRAN™’s enhanced switching performance. Ideal
Power currently has 35 issued patents in the U.S. and abroad with
over 40 patents pending that cover the B-TRAN™’s design, its
application and manufacturing processes.
The results of this testing will be incorporated into the
B-TRAN™ design and their manufacturing process. With the
double-sided transistor behavior and low conduction losses
confirmed, the next step is to incorporate planned corrections and
improvements in the manufacturing process followed by the
fabrication of prototype engineering samples for potential
customers and partners.
About Ideal Power Inc.Ideal Power (NASDAQ:IPWR)
is a power conversion technology company that delivers innovative
solutions to system integrators and project developers, enabling
distributed energy resources for applications both on and off the
grid. Ideal Power’s products deliver superior reliability and
compelling return on investment for renewable energy and storage
applications at a competitive cost, backed by first-rate customer
service. With its patented power conversion technology, Ideal Power
supports a broad set of growing markets, including solar +
storage, battery energy storage, and microgrids. For more
information, visit www.IdealPower.com.
Safe Harbor StatementAll statements in this
release that are not based on historical fact are "forward looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 and the provisions of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. While management has
based any forward-looking statements included in this release on
its current expectations, the information on which such
expectations were based may change. These forward-looking
statements rely on a number of assumptions concerning future events
and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other
factors, many of which are outside of our control that could cause
actual results to materially differ from such statements. Such
risks, uncertainties, and other factors include, but are not
limited to, whether commercial B-TRAN™ devices will perform
consistent with the results of third party simulations, market
acceptance of the B-TRAN™, whether the B-TRAN™ can be successfully
and economically manufactured, whether the patents for our
technology provide adequate protection and whether we can be
successful in maintaining, enforcing and defending our patents,
whether a demand for energy storage products will grow, whether
demand for our products, which we believe are disruptive, will
develop and whether we can compete successfully with other
manufacturers and suppliers of energy conversion products, both now
and in the future, as new products are developed and marketed.
Furthermore, we operate in a highly competitive and rapidly
changing environment where new and unanticipated risks may arise.
Accordingly, investors should not place any reliance on
forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. We
disclaim any intention to, and undertake no obligation to, update
or revise forward-looking statements.
Ideal Power Investor Relations Contact:MZ North
America www.mzgroup.us
Chris
Tyson IPWR@mzgroup.us
1.949.491.8235
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