Wise Integration, a French firm specializing in digital control of gallium nitride (GaN) and GaN ICs for power conversion, has opened its North American Design and Development Center in Ottawa, Canada.
The company has two core product lines. WiseGan includes GaN power integrated circuits designed for high-frequency operation in the MHz range, integrating features that streamline implementation with digital control. WiseWare is a 32-bit, MCU-based AC-DC digital controller optimized for GaN-based power-supply architectures. It offers simplified system design, a reduced bill of materials and improved power density and efficiency.
The Canadian location brings Wise Integration closer to the US market. The company aims to drive GaN adoption across power conversion markets in industrial, datacenter, AI and automotive applications, where digital control is essential for managing complex systems.
The new center is the latest step in the company’s global expansion. In August, it launched a subsidiary in Hong Kong to support its growing business in China. That was followed by an announcement in September that the investment fund Applied Ventures-ITIC Innovation Fund (AVITIC) joined the company’s €15-million Series B funding round that was announced in February.
“The Canadian team will be instrumental in advancing our cutting-edge digital WiseGan series, which is specifically designed to facilitate seamless integration of GaN technology for our customers, and to be fully compatible with and optimized to facilitate MCU control,” said Thierry Bouchet, Wise Integration’s CEO. “By maximizing the high-frequency capabilities of GaN without added power losses, the next generations of the two product lines will enable significant reductions in system size and cost, while boosting overall conversion efficiency.”
Source: Wise Integration
