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Researchers Develop Hard-Carbon Electrode Material That Could Challenge Current Battery Technology

Researchers Develop Hard-Carbon Electrode Material That Could Challenge Current Battery Technology

Scientists from the Tokyo University of Science found a way to create a hard carbon electrode more efficiently and with greater energy density


News Jan 07, 2021 by Stephanie Leonida
New High-Accuracy Battery Monitor and Balancer from TI

New High-Accuracy Battery Monitor and Balancer from TI

Texas Instruments introduced a new automotive battery monitor and balancer that reports high-accuracy voltage measurements in systems up to 800 V


Absopulse Introduces 250W Convection Cooled DC-DC Converters for Railway Applications

Absopulse Introduces 250W Convection Cooled DC-DC Converters for Railway Applications

Working from 12 VDC input and offering 24, 48 or 125 VDC output, the units are also suited for industrial and other transportation applications


Bourns Unveils Low Profile Common Mode Chokes with High Current Capacity

Bourns Unveils Low Profile Common Mode Chokes with High Current Capacity

Designed for high power applications, the new devices provide common mode and differential mode filtering


Power Products of the Year

Power Products of the Year

Pandemic or no Pandemic, 2020 was a big year for electrical engineering. Let’s look back at the products that defined this year, and the…


ADI’s Wireless BMS in Rimac’s Supercar EV

ADI’s Wireless BMS in Rimac’s Supercar EV

Analog Devices (ADI) and Rimac Automobili have built on a strong partnership in order to develop a new wireless battery management system (BMS) for…


2020’s Most Successful EV Technology Announcements in the Power Electronics Industry

2020’s Most Successful EV Technology Announcements in the Power Electronics Industry

The line between the nascent electric vehicle industry and the electronics world is getting ever more blurred, and nowhere is this more prevalent…


Leclanche 60 Ah Cell Shows Promise in Automotive Charging Applications

Leclanche 60 Ah Cell Shows Promise in Automotive Charging Applications

After year-long testing, Lechlancé’s new battery cells have shown very promising results for applications in the automotive and e-transportation…


News Dec 29, 2020 by Nicholas St. John
Nexperia Augments its Line of CAN-FD Protection Diodes With New Leadless Additions

Nexperia Augments its Line of CAN-FD Protection Diodes With New Leadless Additions

DFN packages with side-wettable flanks allow for visual inspection and enhanced reliability in the tough automotive environment


Researchers Develop Self-Powered, Stretchable Micro-Supercapacitors For Health and Diagnostic Wearable Devices

Researchers Develop Self-Powered, Stretchable Micro-Supercapacitors For Health and Diagnostic Wearable Devices

An international team of researchers manipulates the architecture of micro-supercapacitors to create a system that has the potential to power…


News Dec 28, 2020 by Stephanie Leonida
New Report Analyzes KULR’s Thermal Management Technologies

New Report Analyzes KULR’s Thermal Management Technologies

The document describes how the company’s solutions can stop fires and explosions in lithium-ion battery packs by preventing cell-to-cell…


Littelfuse Expands its Line of PPTC Resettable Fuses

Littelfuse Expands its Line of PPTC Resettable Fuses

Littelfuse’s PolySwitch Low Rho SMD Series features hold currents from 0.75 to 9.0 Amps and are available in SMD sizes from 0402 to 2920


Switched-Capacitor Converter Simplifies Migration from 1S to 2S Battery Architectures

Switched-Capacitor Converter Simplifies Migration from 1S to 2S Battery Architectures

This article discusses how switched-capacitor converter simplifies the migration of power-hungry devices from 1s to 2s battery architectures.


Analog Devices Announces 80V Buck-Boost Battery Charging Controller with Maximum Power Point Tracking

Analog Devices Announces 80V Buck-Boost Battery Charging Controller with Maximum Power Point Tracking

The device operates from input voltages above, below or equal to the regulated battery float voltage.


EPC Launches 40 V eGaN FET Ideal for High Power Density Solutions for USB-C Battery Chargers and Ultra-thin Point-of-Load Converters

EPC Launches 40 V eGaN FET Ideal for High Power Density Solutions for USB-C Battery Chargers and Ultra-thin Point-of-Load Converters

EPC introduces the 40 V, 3 milliohm EPC2055 eGaN FET, offering designers a device that is smaller, more efficient, and more reliable than currently…


Thermal Management Trends of 2020

Thermal Management Trends of 2020

The adoption of thermal management technologies continues to ramp up within the 5G and EV markets. Here’s a recap of the key trends dominating…


News Dec 16, 2020 by Shannon Cuthrell
Falcon Electric Details the Advantages of Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries for UPS

Falcon Electric Details the Advantages of Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries for UPS

Lithium ion batteries are not all the same, and Falcon’s timely report points out the crucial differences


Capacitor Sizing, Balancing, and Pre-Charge for Flying-Capacitor Boosters

Capacitor Sizing, Balancing, and Pre-Charge for Flying-Capacitor Boosters

This article focuses on the challenges the flying-capacitor topology may encounter and solutions to tackle capacitor sizing, balancing and pre-charge.


TDK-Lambda Announces the i7A Series of 33A 500W Rated Non-isolated DC-DC Converters

TDK-Lambda Announces the i7A Series of 33A 500W Rated Non-isolated DC-DC Converters

The output voltage of these step-down converters can be adjusted from 3.3 to 24V and accept a wide range input voltage of 18 to 60V.


Kemet Unveils Three Series of Hybrid Aluminum Polymer Capacitors

Kemet Unveils Three Series of Hybrid Aluminum Polymer Capacitors

Aimed at automotive applications, the new devices offer high power density as well as low leakage current