# EPC and VPT form joint venture EPC Space for rad-hard GaN power electronics

Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) and VPT, Inc. announced the establishment of EPC Space LLC, a joint venture focused on designing and manufacturing radiation-hardened GaN-on-silicon transistors and ICs for satellite and high-reliability applications.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2020-06-16
- Where: El Segundo, CA and Blacksburg, VA, United States
- Status: announced
- Products: radiation-hardened GaN transistors and ICs
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [VPT Inc.](https://endata.com/companies/37819.md) (partner)
- [Efficient Power Conversion](https://endata.com/companies/47907.md) (partner)
- [EPC Space](https://endata.com/companies/47908.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [vptpower.com](https://www.vptpower.com/newsroom/press-releases/epc-and-vpt-inc-announce-joint-venture-epc-space-targeting-the-radiation-hardened-power-electronics-market-for-mission-critical-applications), 2020-06-16: "EPC Space, a joint venture company, will provide advanced, high-reliability, gallium nitride (GaN) power conversion solutions for critical spaceborne and other high reliability environments."
- [epc.space](http://epc.space/2020/06/epc-and-vpt-inc-announce-joint-venture-epc-space-targeting-the-radiation-hardened-power-electronics-market-for-mission-critical-applications/), 2020-06-16: "The joint venture – EPC Space – is taking the superior performance of gallium nitride to the high reliability community offering electrical and radiation performance beyond the capabilities of the aging Rad Hard silicon MOSFET."

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