Silanna Firepowertm Octane Laser-Driver Chipset Cuts Size, Cost, Complexity And Boosts Efficiency For Multi-Channel Lidar
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The chipset has been created to lower the cost, complexity and power requirements of driving high-performance multi-channel lasers in LiDAR and time-of-flight ranging systems based on either VCSEL or EEL lasers.
This is enabled through the combination of Silanna's pitch-matched SL2120 octal gate driver and SL2130 octal GaN FET array. Together they deliver over 200 W peak power per channel, sub‐1 ns pulses and a typical rise-and-fall time of 400 ps. The architecture can be scaled in 8-channel increments to support 64- and 128-channel laser arrays for both solid-state and scanning LiDAR.
Versus traditional implementations, systems using the chipset can reduce transmitter size by up to 70% and cost by more than 30%.
The FirePower Octane also combines precise, programmable control with high-current GaN switching in a compact, scalable architecture. This includes support for software-defined LiDAR with independent control of pulse timing, peak power, pulse repetition frequency and pulse-train generation on each channel.
This allows each channel to generate a unique optical signature, helping improve target discrimination, interference immunity, and detection performance. It also enables advanced techniques including correlation-based detection, pattern matching, waveform classification and false-return rejection.
LiDAR is a critical sensing technology for autonomous vehicles that more-reliably detects vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclists versus camera-only systems. It is also a key enabler of navigation, collision avoidance, and automation in industrial, warehouse and robotics applications.
“As LiDAR systems move toward higher resolutions with longer detection ranges, designers face growing challenges in cost, complexity, and scalability,” said Mark Drucker, President & CEO, Semiconductors at Silanna.“FirePower Octane combines precise control and high-power GaN switching in a matched 8-channel architecture optimized to deliver 'Pitch-Perfect Power'. This combination enables smaller, more cost-effective laser transmitters while also providing the programmability and pulse performance needed for next-generation LiDAR systems.”
The SL2130 8-channel GaN FET is housed in a 36-ball 3.39 x 2.1 mm WLCSP package with a 250 μm pitch. It is the industry's smallest octal device for EEL and VCSEL arrays and offers best-in-class figures of merit, an 80 V automotive rating and has a typical RDSon of 35 mΩ.
The SL2120 low-side octal gate driver offers a 1 ns minimum pulse width and can be driven from a 2.5 A peak source and 3 A peak sink current. It is housed in a 2.15 x 1.94 mm WLCSP package, has a sub-5 ns typical propagation delay and can be used in conjunction with both GaN and silicon FETs.
Both devices can also be used independently to give designers flexibility for custom transmitter architectures.
The FirePower Octane chipset and the individual SL2120 and SL2130 devices will be available through Silanna's authorized distribution network. To register interest, download specifications, and order samples, visit:
About Silanna
Silanna tackles market defining challenges. These span from leading-edge advanced semiconductors to UVC LEDs, and are based on breakthroughs in materials science to take inventions from discovery to real world application.
Founded in 2006, Silanna is privately funded and is headquartered in Queensland, Australia with facilities in Brisbane and San Diego, CA.
Data Converters:
Silanna PluralTM ADCs redefine data converter affordability and supply chain reliability by creating multiple, preconfigured SKUs from a proprietary chip design. Instead of hundreds of single-purpose ADCs, the Plural platform's configurability dramatically increases production scale to lower prices, decrease time to market, and eliminate capacity constraints versus legacy ADCs.
Specialty Analog – Laser Drivers:
FirePowerTM is the first high-performance laser driver design to integrate power, firing and fault sensing functions into a single chip. This frees up board space while delivering performance and cost savings to accelerate future laser and LiDAR innovation. FirePowerTM technology enables finely adjusted power output and pulse width to ensure the highest level of precision and safety in a variety of devices.
UV LEDs:
Silanna's UVC LEDs are used across water quality sensors, gas sensors, HPLC (high-performance liquid chromatography) and disinfection applications. The company's breakthroughs are enabling shorter wavelength LEDs to be commercialized, including 255 and 230 nm. At these deep and far UV ranges, light is lethal to bacteria, enabling chemical-free disinfection to help customers meet increasingly stringent performance and safety standards.
For more information please visit: silanna.
Silanna FirePowerTM Octane Laser-Driver Chipset
FirePower Octane combines precise control and high-power GaN switching in a matched 8-channel architecture optimized to deliver 'Pitch-Perfect Power'.” - Mark Drucker, President & CEO, Semiconductors at SilannaSAN DIEGO, CA, UNITED STATES, November 10, 2026 /EINPresswire / -- Silanna has launched FirePowerTM Octane, a matched laser-firing chipset for high-performance multi-channel LiDAR arrays.The chipset has been created to lower the cost, complexity and power requirements of driving high-performance multi-channel lasers in LiDAR and time-of-flight ranging systems based on either VCSEL or EEL lasers.
This is enabled through the combination of Silanna's pitch-matched SL2120 octal gate driver and SL2130 octal GaN FET array. Together they deliver over 200 W peak power per channel, sub‐1 ns pulses and a typical rise-and-fall time of 400 ps. The architecture can be scaled in 8-channel increments to support 64- and 128-channel laser arrays for both solid-state and scanning LiDAR.
Versus traditional implementations, systems using the chipset can reduce transmitter size by up to 70% and cost by more than 30%.
The FirePower Octane also combines precise, programmable control with high-current GaN switching in a compact, scalable architecture. This includes support for software-defined LiDAR with independent control of pulse timing, peak power, pulse repetition frequency and pulse-train generation on each channel.
This allows each channel to generate a unique optical signature, helping improve target discrimination, interference immunity, and detection performance. It also enables advanced techniques including correlation-based detection, pattern matching, waveform classification and false-return rejection.
LiDAR is a critical sensing technology for autonomous vehicles that more-reliably detects vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclists versus camera-only systems. It is also a key enabler of navigation, collision avoidance, and automation in industrial, warehouse and robotics applications.
“As LiDAR systems move toward higher resolutions with longer detection ranges, designers face growing challenges in cost, complexity, and scalability,” said Mark Drucker, President & CEO, Semiconductors at Silanna.“FirePower Octane combines precise control and high-power GaN switching in a matched 8-channel architecture optimized to deliver 'Pitch-Perfect Power'. This combination enables smaller, more cost-effective laser transmitters while also providing the programmability and pulse performance needed for next-generation LiDAR systems.”
The SL2130 8-channel GaN FET is housed in a 36-ball 3.39 x 2.1 mm WLCSP package with a 250 μm pitch. It is the industry's smallest octal device for EEL and VCSEL arrays and offers best-in-class figures of merit, an 80 V automotive rating and has a typical RDSon of 35 mΩ.
The SL2120 low-side octal gate driver offers a 1 ns minimum pulse width and can be driven from a 2.5 A peak source and 3 A peak sink current. It is housed in a 2.15 x 1.94 mm WLCSP package, has a sub-5 ns typical propagation delay and can be used in conjunction with both GaN and silicon FETs.
Both devices can also be used independently to give designers flexibility for custom transmitter architectures.
The FirePower Octane chipset and the individual SL2120 and SL2130 devices will be available through Silanna's authorized distribution network. To register interest, download specifications, and order samples, visit:
About Silanna
Silanna tackles market defining challenges. These span from leading-edge advanced semiconductors to UVC LEDs, and are based on breakthroughs in materials science to take inventions from discovery to real world application.
Founded in 2006, Silanna is privately funded and is headquartered in Queensland, Australia with facilities in Brisbane and San Diego, CA.
Data Converters:
Silanna PluralTM ADCs redefine data converter affordability and supply chain reliability by creating multiple, preconfigured SKUs from a proprietary chip design. Instead of hundreds of single-purpose ADCs, the Plural platform's configurability dramatically increases production scale to lower prices, decrease time to market, and eliminate capacity constraints versus legacy ADCs.
Specialty Analog – Laser Drivers:
FirePowerTM is the first high-performance laser driver design to integrate power, firing and fault sensing functions into a single chip. This frees up board space while delivering performance and cost savings to accelerate future laser and LiDAR innovation. FirePowerTM technology enables finely adjusted power output and pulse width to ensure the highest level of precision and safety in a variety of devices.
UV LEDs:
Silanna's UVC LEDs are used across water quality sensors, gas sensors, HPLC (high-performance liquid chromatography) and disinfection applications. The company's breakthroughs are enabling shorter wavelength LEDs to be commercialized, including 255 and 230 nm. At these deep and far UV ranges, light is lethal to bacteria, enabling chemical-free disinfection to help customers meet increasingly stringent performance and safety standards.
For more information please visit: silanna.
Mallory Robertson
Grand Bridges
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