The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast
The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast
The Amp Hour (Chris Gammell and David L Jones)
#719 – Inventing the Power MOSFET with Alex Lidow
1 hour 5 minutes Posted Mar 20, 2026 at 3:17 am.
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Alex is founder and CEO of Efficient Power Conversion, a leading manufacturer of GaN MOSFET's.

Alex is also the inventor of the original Power MOSFET and HEXFET at International Rectifier.
Also, former CEO of International Rectifier (founded by his father!),
https://epc-co.com
We cover everything from inventing the power MOSFET on his first day on the job to silicon physics, AI data centres and humanoid robots. Enjoy.