Ideal Power, Inc. engages in the development of power converter solutions for photovoltaic generation, grid-storage and electrified vehicle charging. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas and currently employs 17 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2013-11-22. The firm is focused on its Bidirectional, Bipolar Junction Transistor (B-TRAN) semiconductor technology. Its B-TRAN can reduce conduction and switching losses, and complexity of thermal management in AC power switching and control circuitry. Its products include SymCool IQ Intelligent Power Module (IPM), SymCool Power Module and B-TRAN Discrete. SymCool IQ IPM builds on the bidirectional B-TRAN multi-die packaging design of its SymCool Power Module and adds an integrated intelligent driver optimized for bidirectional operation. SymCool Power Module is a multi-die B-TRAN module designed to meet the very low conduction loss needs of the solid-state circuit breaker market.
