EPC9176KIT Reference Design Board

EPC's EPC9176KIT reference design board is a three-phase BLDC motor drive inverter that uses the EPC23102 ePower™ Stage GaN IC with embedded gate driver function and two GaN FETs with 5.2 mΩ typical R_DS(ON). The EPC9176 operates from an input supply voltage between 20 V and 80 V and can deliver up to 28 Apk (20 A_RMS). This voltage range and power level make an ideal solution for a variety of three-phase BLDC motor drive applications with 36 V to 80 V input including e-bikes, e-scooters, power tools, drones, robots, DC servo, medical robots, and factory automation.

GaN enables motor systems that are smaller, lighter, less noisy, have more torque, more range, and greater precision while improving EMI, reducing EMI filtering and capacitor count, and eliminating electrolytic capacitors and input filter inductors.