Federico Unnia
Efficient Power Conversion
Application Engineer
Federico Unnia is Application Engineer at Motor Drive Design Center at EPC since 2022. He received
BS in 2018 and MS in 2021 in Electronic Engineering at Politecnico di Torino. He did his master thesis in
power electronics in collaboration with the Power Electronics Laboratory at University of California Irvine.
Before joining EPC Federico worked as a Test Engineer in SPEA, an ATE company, focusing on power
test applications.
Presentations
Experimental Comparison Between a MOSFET and GaN FET Inverter for Agricultural Drone UAV’s
Battery-powered UAVs are revolutionizing today’s agriculture where they are used to spray fertilizers and more. These drones use motor drives that need to be lightweight and efficient to maximize working battery life and extend flight time between recharging. Wide-bandgap devices, and specifically Gallium Nitride (GaN) FETs, have demonstrated to improve BLDC motor drives in emobility and robotic applications. This paper will present the characteristics of GaN FETs that reduce weight and improve the motor drive system efficiency.