GANIFY LLC — Department of Energy SBIR Phase II: M
GANIFY LLC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Energy.
Phase II SBIR prototype / development signal
- Phase II is where Department of Energy funds deeper R&D after feasibility. Incumbents with Phase II history are serious competitors on adjacent topics.
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- Obligated amount $250,000. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
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- Amount
- $250,000
- Agency
- Department of Energy
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- M
- Solicitation
- DE-FOA-0002785
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- PA
- Period
- 2023-09-25 → 2025-09-30
Description
To enable fast and robust bias modulators for gyrotrons used in the nuclear fusion systems, GaNify LLC will develop a power switch capable of switching 50-kV and 1-A within 1 µs, without the need of series-stacking. This new technology will significantly reduce the circuit complexity and shorten the modulation voltage rise time. The new 50-kV power switch is based upon the demonstrated 10-kV gallium nitride super-heterojunction field-effect transistor technology. This project aims to take this technology to a new height by scaling the voltage and current rating to 50-kV and 1-A, through innovations in device design, processes, and packaging. Outcome of this project will inform the feasibility of pushing the voltage limit of solid-state power switches toward the high voltage regime.