Moderator
Tamara Baksht
VisIC Technologies
Born and raised in Tomsk, Siberia, former USRR, Tamara is founding CEO of VisIC technologies a and one of the pioneers in GaN transistors technology. Tamara’s GaN expertise started from PhD study in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2001 for high power high frequency GaN transistors and continued through development and qualification of GaN technologies for power and RF applications.
Prior Tel Aviv’s PhD, Tamara earned degrees in Philosophy and Physics from Tomsk State University, and last 10 years she is leading the VisIC company to be the major player in power electronics for EV market.
Company Profile
VisIC Technologies has a decade of experience in creating, developing, and advancing concepts based on cutting-edge Gallium Nitride-on-silicon technology. We develop solutions that help reduce energy waste in power conversion systems, with a focus on battery electric vehicles (BEV). Our patented D3GaN technology – Direct Drive D-mode GaN – addresses the automotive industry’s cost, supply, sustainability, reliability, quality, and performance needs.
With our D3GaN technology, BEV can save up to 50% on power losses over the driving cycle of the electric car, thus reducing battery cost and increasing driving range and performance. This solution also reduces the cooling system requirements and the size of the BEV inverter.
VisIC Technologies has produced the first GaN-based transistors used in automotive inverters. By utilizing the GaN on Silicon technology, we address the supply chain concern as we are using existing semiconductor high-volume production lines.
Panelist
Carlos Castro
Carlos Castro, formerly Vice President and General Manager GaN for Nexperia and has more than 15 years of experience in power and automotive semiconductors. Prior to joining Nexperia, Carlos led the IGBTs/MOSFETs/SiC discretes business and automotive electronics activities at Littelfuse. Earlier he was in charge of Marketing and Application Engineering for automotive MOSFETs and led the Technical Marketing group for Electric Drive Train at Infineon Technologies. He has been granted several patents for power semiconductor devices and has been author of multiple papers and conferences presentations. Carlos holds a MSc and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany and the University of Granada, Spain.
Panelist
Allan Frederiksen
Cambridge GaN Devices
Allan has a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Aalborg University focusing on system and algorithm development and realization.
Allan has spent more than 22 years in the semiconductor industry working in leading edge of mobile communications at Nokia, Renesas and Broadcom, security technology at NXP, depth sensing technology at ams AG, as technical leader, program manager, team leader and group leader. He has built and led 100+ person global multi-site, multi-cultural organizations over a decade. With his teams, he has delivered multiple highly complex technical products with lifetime volumes in the billions of units to customers.
With his extensive engineering leadership background and technology understanding combined with customer orientation and passion for product development, Allan joins CGD in the role of VP of Research and Development.
Allan has a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Aalborg University focusing on system and algorithm development and realization. Allan has spent more than 22 years in the semiconductor industry working in leading edge of mobile communications at Nokia, Renesas and Broadcom, security technology at NXP, depth sensing technology at ams AG, as technical leader, program manager, team leader and group leader. He has built and led 100+ person global multi-site, multi-cultural organizations over a decade. With his teams, he has delivered multiple highly complex technical products with lifetime volumes in the billions of units to customers.
With his extensive engineering leadership background and technology understanding combined with customer orientation and passion for product development, Allan joins CGD in the role of VP of Research and Development.
Company Profile
A spin-out of the Cambridge University, Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD) is a fabless semiconductor company that develops a range of energy-efficient GaN-based power devices to make greener electronics possible.
Operating at a market worth exceeding $30 billion, CGD completed several funding rounds to develop and deliver to the market a wide range of products for consumer and industrial applications.
In autumn 2021, the company was named Tech Scaleup of the Year by Business Weekly in the category of green electronics and was awarded the UK Business Angels Association (UKBAA) deep tech Investment of the Year.
Panelist
Aly Mashaly
ROHM Semiconductor
Aly Mashaly is the Director of ROHM’s European Application and Technical Solution Center – located near Düsseldorf, Germany. Before having joined ROHM in 2015, he has gained more than 20 years of experience in the electronics industry. As an expert in power electronic systems and power devices, he holds several patents in the field of power electronics. Aly is a keynote speaker at numerous international conferences including PCIM, ECPE, EPE, CS International and CTI Symposium.
Company Profile
ROHM Semiconductor is a global company of 507.9 billion yen per March 31st. 2023, with over 23,700 employees. The company develops and manufactures a very large product range from SiC Diodes and MOSFETs, Analog ICs such as Gate Drivers and Power Management ICs to Power Transistors and Diodes to Passive Components. The production of our high performing products is taking place in state-of-the-art manufacturing plants in Japan, Germany, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and China. ROHM Semiconductor Europe has its Head Office near Dusseldorf serving the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East, and Africa).
For further information, please contact www.rohm.com
Panelist
Americo Lemos
IQE
Americo Lemos is the CEO of IQE plc, the leading global supplier of advanced epitaxial wafers and material solutions. A seasoned leader with extensive experience in the semiconductor industry, Americo joined IQE from GlobalFoundries, where he served as the Senior Vice President of Business Development for Asia Pacific and China Country President. In this role, he was instrumental in enhancing business efficiency and driving growth in these markets.
Prior to his tenure at GlobalFoundries, Americo was the Senior Vice President at Qualcomm, overseeing its data center business. His career also includes a significant role as Vice President of Platform Engineering at Intel, where he managed strategic ventures with China-based semiconductor companies. Additionally, he has held leadership positions at Texas Instruments, Quanta Computer in Taiwan, and Skyworks.
Americo holds a Master of Sciences in Electronics and Computers from École Nationale Supérieure de Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie (ENSSAT) in Lannion, France
Company Profile
IQE is the leading supplier of compound semiconductor wafer products and advanced material solutions to the global semiconductor industry that enable a diverse range of applications across mobile handsets, global telecoms infrastructure, smart connected devices, electric vehicles, infrared and sensing applications.
