09:20 – 09:40
Disruptive MEMS Power Technology – The Ideal Switch for Power applications
Electromechanical Relays have been around since the 1800s, and the architecture we still see today is not drastically different than what was introduced 200 years ago. These relays tend to be very large, slow, and unreliable. The invention of transistor in semiconductor era helped to address some of those issues but they also come with big losses and inefficiencies that create significant waste heat and thermal challenges. Menlo Micro’s Ideal Switch is a revolutionary and disruptive technology that combines the benefits of electromechanical relays and solid-state switches,
offering unparallel performance, reliability, and efficiency. Developed through years of R&D which started by GE Research Lab, the Ideal Switch features a unique metal to metal contact design actuated by an electrostatic voltage on the gate electrode which forces it to close. And when we release that voltage, it opens the relay so that you have a full air gap or a zero-leakage
path for when the switch is open. In the end, it’s all about making things smaller, more powerful, and cramming more capability. Menlo Micro’s unique Ideal Switch technology provides significant energy savings, longer battery life, and lower total cost
of ownership.
Yalcin Bulut
Menlo Microsystems Inc.
Yalcin has over twenty-five years of semiconductor experience, as the Chief Operating Officer, he manages sales, marketing, quality assurance and product areas at Menlo Microsystems.
Yalcin joins Menlo Micro after serving the role of Vice President of Sales and Marketing at United Silicon Carbide (UnitedSiC, now Qorvo). Prior to that his leadership experience included Vishay, Inc. where he was the Vice President of Power Product Lines, along with Alpha and Omega Semiconductor where he guided the company’s strategic direction as Vice President of Discrete Product Lines.
Yalcin holds a Bachelor of Material Science Engineering (Solid State Physics emphasis), and subsequently earned his Master of Business at Iowa State University.
Company Profile
Menlo Microsystems is on a mission to create a more energy efficient and sustainable world with an entirely new category of electronic switches. The Ideal Switch® eliminates compromises and tradeoffs by combining the benefits of electromechanical and solid-state switches into the best of both worlds. Menlo Microsystems is bringing more than 99 percent reductions in size, weight, power and cost to dozens of industries such as medical, aerospace and defense, telecommunications, consumer electronics, industrial IoT (Internet of Things) and test and measurement.
Company Products & Services
Menlo Micro is responsible for bringing to market the greatest electronic component innovation since the transistor with its Ideal Switch® technology.
