Ideal Power Inc. announced it received a purchase order from a global leader in power semiconductor and power electronics solutions. The customer purchased B-TRAN devices and a circuit breaker evaluation board and is collaborating with Ideal Power on a solid-state circuit breaker (SSCB) design in connection with its launch of a multi-year DC power distribution system program. For SSCB applications, B-TRAN technology has clear advantages for SSCBs, providing dramatically lower conduction losses, lower costs, and bidirectionality compared to electromechanical operators and IGBT and silicon carbide MOSFET-based SSCBs.

The customer is in addition to the participants in B-TRAN test and evaluation program focused on SSCBs.