DELTA ELECTRONICS (NORWAY)

Their core work

Delta Electronics (Norway) is a power electronics company specializing in Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor technology — a next-generation alternative to silicon that enables smaller, lighter, and more energy-efficient power conversion systems. Their work spans the full GaN value chain: from substrate materials and pilot-line fabrication through packaging and device integration into real-world applications. Within EU research consortia, they contribute industry expertise and application knowledge, bridging the gap between semiconductor R&D and deployable power electronics products. Their end markets include 5G base stations, smart grid infrastructure, and compact mobility systems where size and efficiency are critical constraints.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their first H2020 project (2015–2018), Delta Electronics Norway was focused upstream: substrate materials, pilot-line fabrication processes, and GaN packaging — the foundational manufacturing side of the technology. By 2019–2022, their focus shifted clearly downstream toward applications: 5G RF components, smart grid power conversion, and mobility systems, with added emphasis on benchmarking lateral versus vertical GaN architectures and driving down cost for RF GaN. This trajectory suggests the organization moved from helping prove GaN manufacturing feasibility to helping industrialize and deploy GaN in real market applications.

Delta Electronics Norway is moving toward application-layer GaN deployment — particularly for 5G infrastructure and smart grid — suggesting they are a strong fit for future consortia targeting power electronics industrialization or telecom infrastructure efficiency.

How they like to work

Delta Electronics Norway has participated exclusively as a consortium member, never as project coordinator — consistent with an industrial partner contributing application expertise and end-market knowledge rather than driving research agendas. Both projects appear to be large multi-partner consortia, as evidenced by 49 unique partners across just 2 projects, suggesting they work comfortably in complex, multi-stakeholder R&D settings. They bring the industrial perspective that research-heavy consortia typically need to satisfy the application and market uptake requirements of EU funding.

Despite only two projects, Delta Electronics Norway has built an unusually broad network of 49 unique partners across 11 countries, indicating they joined large, well-connected European GaN research consortia. Their geographic reach spans at least 11 European countries, though as a Norway-based entity they operate from outside the EU proper.

What sets them apart

Delta Electronics Norway brings the industrial and commercial perspective of a major global electronics group to GaN semiconductor research — something most academic or SME partners in these consortia cannot offer. Their presence in Drammen, Norway, combined with parent-company access to global power electronics markets, gives them credibility as a route-to-market partner for GaN technologies targeting 5G, EV charging, and smart grid. For a consortium needing an industry end-user or dissemination partner with real manufacturing and market connections, they fill a role that purely research-oriented organizations cannot.

Highlights from their portfolio

• UltimateGaN
  Their largest project by funding (EUR 505,456), spanning 2019–2022, with the broadest application scope — covering 5G, smart grid, and smart mobility — making it the clearest signal of their strategic direction.
• PowerBase
  Their entry into EU research, focused on the manufacturing fundamentals of GaN (substrate materials and packaging pilot lines), establishing their credentials in the semiconductor fabrication chain.