EEVblog 1737 - Alex Lidow: Inventor of the Power MOSFET

A chat with Alex Lidow, the inventor of the original Power MOSFET and HEXFET at International Rectifier.
Former CEO of International Rectifier (founded by his father!), and now Founder & CEO of EPC (Efficient Power Conversion) that make the most efficient GaN FET's on the market.
https://epc-co.com
We cover everything from inventing the power MOSFET on his first day on the job to silicon physics and AI data centres and humanoid robots.

00:00 - Alex Lidow
05:08 - What's the definition of an Engineer?
06:07 - Inventing the Power MOSFET 400V/1ohm first day on the job with Tom Herman
09:16 - The flash of brilliance: Inject charge into the region
10:36 - Steve Wozniak and the Apple IIE PSU
12:02 - IRF100 and IRF130 HEXFET
14:18 - 42 Competitors!
15:54 - Major Innovations in MOSFET's
17:00 - CoolMOS from Siemens
18:23 - TrenchMOS from Vishay
19:17 - Silicon Carbide started as a diode
21:46 - 2D Electron Gas (2DEG)
24:40 - Silicon MOSFET game is won by the deepest pockets
25:09 - Getting fired from IR and starting Starting EPC
26:28 - Get that damn Gallium out of my Silicon fab!
29:31 - Integrated GaN Solutions
31:03 - The physics of Radiation Hardening in MOSFET's
34:23 - The market for high voltage transistors
36:00 - The 200V and under MOSFET market is performance driven
39:13 - Protecting Patents in China is EASIER than in the US!
41:41 - AI Data centres and NVIDIA modules
44:46 - 800V AI power module architecture
47:42 - Multi level DC-DC topology ISOP
49:46 - Frequency trade-off in LLC DC-DC converter design
56:13 - Humanoid robots
58:16 - What is the most popular GaN?
59:24 - Buyouts?
01:00:36 - Evaluation Boards
01:03:34 - Darkening the digital sky

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