Opcondys

Opcondys, Inc. is an early-stage American start-up focused on the power electronics market. The company was founded to develop and commercialize the Optical Transconductance Varistor (OTV), also referred to as the Opticondistor, a patented power switching device that uses wide-bandgap materials to deliver faster switching, higher-temperature operation and greater power handling than conventional power devices. According to the company, the technology is intended to let original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) build assemblies that are smaller, lighter and more energy efficient, saving end users time, money and energy. The OTV technology originated at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Opcondys has licensed the patent rights to the technology from LLNL for use in power electronics, and its technical team is led by the inventor of the opticondistor. The company states that it is leveraging almost a decade of government research and more than $20 million of investment to produce the device with greater power capability, lower manufacturing cost and faster development time than standard power devices. Opcondys positions the OTV for a wide variety of applications, including HVDC and FACTS equipment for grid modernization, grid-tied energy storage, traction drives, high-voltage power supplies, and generally anywhere fast, efficient power control is needed. Its business model is to supply the OTV to OEMs for power switching and control rather than to sell end-user products directly. Opcondys is based in Manteca, California, in the United States. It is a private, early-stage company rather than a listed public corporation, and it operates as an independent start-up rather than as a subsidiary of a larger industrial group. Its public communications emphasize the device technology, its LLNL provenance and its target markets rather than corporate scale or financial results.

Opcondys, Inc. is an early-stage start-up founded to develop the optical transconductance varistor (OTV) for the power electronics market. The underlying technology originated at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), where the opticondistor was invented. Opcondys has licensed the patent rights to the technology from LLNL for use in power electronics, and its technical team is led by the inventor of the opticondistor. According to the company, the development effort leverages almost a decade of government research and investment of over $20 million. Opcondys states that this foundation allows it to produce the OTV with greater power capability, lower manufacturing cost and faster development time than standard power devices. The company's stated aim is to supply the OTV to a wide variety of original equipment manufacturers for power switching and control. The OTV is described as a revolutionary power switching device that takes advantage of the advanced properties of wide-bandgap materials to provide faster, higher-temperature operation and greater power handling capabilities. Opcondys is developing the OTV as a new class of power electronic device for a wide variety of applications. The company says the OTV's patented design will provide OEMs the ability to produce assemblies that are smaller, lighter and more energy efficient, saving end users time, money and energy. Target applications cited by the company include HVDC and FACTS equipment for grid modernization, grid-tied energy storage, traction drives, high-voltage power supplies, and generally anywhere fast, efficient power control is needed. Opcondys is based in Manteca, California, in the United States, and operates as a private, independent start-up.

• The opticondistor technology originated at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).

• Opcondys licensed the patent rights to the OTV technology from LLNL for use in power electronics.

• Opcondys founded as an early-stage start-up to develop the OTV for the power electronics market.

Developer and supplier of a next-generation wide-bandgap power switching device (the OTV) to OEMs for faster, more efficient power control.

• Optical Transconductance Varistor (OTV)

  A patented wide-bandgap power switching device providing faster, higher-temperature operation and greater power handling than standard power devices; targeted at HVDC and FACTS equipment, grid-tied energy storage, traction drives and high-voltage power supplies.

1. 1The Optical Transconductance Varistor (OTV) – Next Generation Power Electronicsopcondys.com
2. 2About Us – The Optical Transconductance Varistor (OTV)opcondys.com
3. 3Opcondys (United States) – Wikidatawikidata.org