Infineon and Worksport collaborate to reduce weight and cost of portable power stations with GaN
February 07 2024 - 8:00AM
Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) has announced a
collaboration with Worksport Ltd. (Nasdaq: WKSP;). Worksport will
use Infineon’s GaN power semiconductors GS-065-060-5-B-A in the
converters for its portable power stations to increase efficiency
and power density. Enabled by Infineon’s GaN transistors, the power
converters will be lighter and smaller in size with reduced system
costs. In addition, Infineon will support Worksport in the
optimization of circuits and layout design to further reduce size
and increase power density.
“Infineon’s high-quality standard and solid
supply chain provide us with the best components to ensure
power-dense converters for our COR system product line and
contribute to a first-class end product performance,” said
Worksport CEO Steven Rossi. The company’s COR battery system can be
integrated into a pickup truck or recharged by any solar panel or
wall outlet. By replacing the former silicon switch in the power
converter with Infineon’s GaN power semiconductors and operating
the transistors at higher switching frequency, Worksport will be
able to reduce the battery system weight by 33 percent and system
costs by up to 25 percent.
The working relationship with Infineon will also
help Worksport to reduce CO2 in the manufacturing process. GaN is
proving itself as a game-changing technology across many markets
and applications. For example, in data centers, GaN solutions have
a global energy savings potential of 21 TWh annually, 10 million
tons1 of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) equivalent. “In order to further
drive electrification and decarbonization, the industry’s power
designs require innovation,” said Johannes Schoiswohl, Business
Line Head GaN Systems of Infineon’s Power & Sensor Systems
Division. “With our GaN power semiconductors we enable Worksport to
create the next generation portable power stations that users
require.”
Infineon’s GS-065-060-5-B-A is an
Automotive-grade 650 V enhancement mode GaN-on-Silicon power
transistor. It offers very low junction-to-case thermal resistance
for demanding high power applications such as on-board chargers,
industrial motor drives and solar inverters. Furthermore, it
features simple gate drive requirements (0 V to 6 V) and a
transient tolerant gate drive (-20 / +10 V).
More information about Infineon’s GaN solutions is available at
www.infineon.com/GaN
Availability
The GS-065-060-5-B-A is available in a bottom-cooled, low
inductance GaNPX® package.
More information is available at
https://www.infineon.com/cms/de/product/power/gan-hemt-gallium-nitride-transistor
About Worksport
Worksport Ltd. (Nasdaq: WKSP; WKSPW), through
its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and owns the
intellectual property on a variety of tonneau covers, solar
integrations, and NP (Non-Parasitic), Hydrogen-based true green
energy solutions for the sustainable, clean energy, and automotive
industries. Worksport seeks to capitalize on the growing shift of
consumer mindsets towards clean energy integrations with its
proprietary solar solutions, mobile energy storage systems (ESS),
and NP (Non-Parasitic), Hydrogen-based technology. Terravis
Energy’s website is terravisenergy.com. For more information,
please visit www.investors.worksport.com
About Infineon
Infineon Technologies AG is a global
semiconductor leader in power systems and IoT. Infineon drives
decarbonization and digitalization with its products and solutions.
The company has around 58,600 employees worldwide and generated
revenue of about €16.3 billion in the 2023 fiscal year (ending 30
September). Infineon is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
(ticker symbol: IFX) and in the USA on the OTCQX International
over-the-counter market (ticker symbol: IFNNY).
Further information is available at www.infineon.comThis press
release is available online at www.infineon.com/press Follow us: X
- Facebook - LinkedIn
For additional information, please contact:
Steven Obadiah, Investor Relations, Worksport Ltd.
T: 1 (888) 554 8789 E:
investors@worksport.com W: www.worksport.com
Public /
For the Trade Press: INFPSS2024xx.xxxe |
Veronika
Seifried (Headquarters) Agnes Toan (Americas) Chi Kang David Ong
(Asia-Pacific) Lin Zhu (Greater China) Yasuyuki Kamiseki
(Japan) |
|
+49 89 234 61662+1 408 250 1814+65 6876 3070+86 21 6101 9199+81 3
4595 7079 |
|
veronika.seifried@infineon.com agnes.toan@infineon.com
david.ong@infineon.com lin.zhu@infineon.com
yasuyuki.kamiseki@infineon.com |
|
Investor
Relations:+49 89 234
26655investor.relations@infineon.com |
1 Source: IEA, Emission Factors 2022: CO2 emissions per kWh of
electricity (459 t CO2/GWh)
Worksport (NASDAQ:WKSP)
Historical Stock Chart
From Oct 2024 to Nov 2024
Worksport (NASDAQ:WKSP)
Historical Stock Chart
From Nov 2023 to Nov 2024