bengaluru agnit a deeptech firm incubated at the indian institute of science iisc is offering gallium nitride gan semiconductor components that are increasingly finding uses in a variety of products whats gan gan is a new semiconductor material with superior material properties compared to silicon for power transfer and conversion according to researchers from iisc gan components are indispensable for the nextgeneration of wireless and power electronics trends which will shape the broader electronics market over the next 1015 yearsfrom radiofrequency and power electronic circuits in diverse applications such as 5g base stations next generation radars and efficient power converters for fast charging electric vehicles evs gan has multiple uses while several firms and research institutes use gan agnit claims it is the first and only company to be manufacturing the same we are an integrated device manufacturer who can provide gan wafers and devices for both wireless communication applications such as for civilian 5g connectivity for large industrial installations remote connectivity from space rural connectivity and drones and power electronics applications such as in evs and data centre telecom power supplies agnit ceo and director hareesh chandrasekar told toithe firmagnit is a spinoff from iisc and has differentiated ip intellectual property across the gan materials processes and devices developed over 15 years of rd at iisc and its founding team has more than 100 years of aggregate experience across the semiconductor value chain from materialstoprocessestodevices tosystemsthe firm has currently launched two products gan material wafers and gan radiofrequency transistors devices suitable for 5g base station radios and defence requirements both wafer and device products have been sent to potential customers for first feedback the firm saidnext it plans to launch gan power switches that could be key to compact and efficient chargers for fastcharging of mobile phones laptops apart from electric vehicles higher switching efficiencies and lower footprint makes gan the solution of choice for a wide range of power conversion applications ranging from consumer electronics to automotive to solar pv inverters the firm addedgoigok initiativesagnit is a wholly indianowned privately funded company having raised 15 million from angel investors and incubation grants from iiscwe are the first startup incubated at the rs300crore ministry of electronics and information technology meityfunded gan pilot production facility at iisc and also one of the winners of the elevate 2021 grant from the government of karnataka for our stateofart gan semiconductor technology it addedafter visiting the iisc gan facility earlier this year union minister rajiv chandrashekar had said the next two to three years offers a window of opportunity for gan to play a key role in enabling evehicles and wireless communication