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STMicroelectronics’ New Gate Driver Enhances Motor-control Flexibility for Automotive Systems

STMicroelectronics’ New Gate Driver Enhances Motor-control Flexibility for Automotive Systems

Separately driving the high-side and low-side FETs of each half-bridge allows users to configure the output channels independently, and drive a…


EPC Claims its New 350 V GaN Transistor is 20 Times Smaller than Comparable Silicon Offerings

EPC Claims its New 350 V GaN Transistor is 20 Times Smaller than Comparable Silicon Offerings

The enhancement mode power transistor features a maximum continuous drain current of 6.3 A and a maximum RDS(ON) of 80 mΩ


Graphite One and Lab 4 to Build Li-ion Recycling Plant in Washington State

Graphite One and Lab 4 to Build Li-ion Recycling Plant in Washington State

Once online, the facility will complete Graphite One’s circular graphite supply chain, the first to be based entirely in the U.S.


News Apr 06, 2022 by Ian Hahn
New York’s Future Grid Challenge Funds Projects Assessing Electrification Impact

New York’s Future Grid Challenge Funds Projects Assessing Electrification Impact

New York revealed the first round winners of its Future Grid Challenge, which aims to assess the impacts of increasing electrification on the…


News Apr 04, 2022 by Shannon Cuthrell
Stellantis and LG Energy Solution to Build Canada’s First Large-scale EV Battery Plant

Stellantis and LG Energy Solution to Build Canada’s First Large-scale EV Battery Plant

The companies will start constructing the site in Windsor, Ontario, later this year, with production slated to begin in early 2024.


News Apr 01, 2022 by Stephanie Leonida
Researchers Design Energized Body Shell for Electric Vehicles

Researchers Design Energized Body Shell for Electric Vehicles

UCF and NASA researchers have developed a lightweight, supercapacitor-battery hybrid composite material that can power an electric vehicle while…


News Mar 31, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Addressing the Efficiency Challenge for Cable-Free Charging

Addressing the Efficiency Challenge for Cable-Free Charging

Advances in component technology, together with the emergence of novel new architectures, hold the key to taking wireless charging beyond phone…


Researchers Develop a Mountainous Hydropower Alternative Driven by Electric Trucks

Researchers Develop a Mountainous Hydropower Alternative Driven by Electric Trucks

An international team of researchers has conceptualized an innovative approach to hydropower generation in mountainous regions: Use the…


News Mar 21, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Lucid’s New Luxury EV Has an Incredibly Fast Charger, and It’s Driven by ROHM’s SiC MOSFETs

Lucid’s New Luxury EV Has an Incredibly Fast Charger, and It’s Driven by ROHM’s SiC MOSFETs

The Lucid Air, MotorTrend’s Car of the Year for 2022, can pack up to 300 miles in just 22 minutes of charging.


News Mar 21, 2022 by Ian Hahn
Report: Solar Power & Battery Storage to Account For 60% of Upcoming Electric Capacity Additions

Report: Solar Power & Battery Storage to Account For 60% of Upcoming Electric Capacity Additions

The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that solar power and battery storage will account for 60% of new generating capacity additions…


News Mar 18, 2022 by Shannon Cuthrell
McLaren Applied Unveils the Production Intent Design of its Racing-inspired 800 V Silicon Carbide Inverter

McLaren Applied Unveils the Production Intent Design of its Racing-inspired 800 V Silicon Carbide Inverter

Introduced March 2 at the UK’s Future Propulsion Conference 2022 (FPC2022), the inverter delivers 350 kW peak and 250 kW continuous for powering…


News Mar 15, 2022 by Gary Elinoff
EV Charging While We Drive? Research Paves the Way for Unlimited Range

EV Charging While We Drive? Research Paves the Way for Unlimited Range

Researchers at Cornell University, through dynamic capacitive charging, aim to reduce the size of EV batteries by 90%. Embedding charging plates in…


News Mar 14, 2022 by Dale Wilson
Honeywell to Provide Energy Storage System for Upcoming New Mexico Solar Project

Honeywell to Provide Energy Storage System for Upcoming New Mexico Solar Project

Honeywell will supply the energy storage system to Hecate Energy, whose 50-megawatt solar farm in northern New Mexico is slated to open this fall.


News Mar 11, 2022 by Shannon Cuthrell
Redwood Materials Launches First EV-battery Recycling Program in California

Redwood Materials Launches First EV-battery Recycling Program in California

Backed by hundreds of millions in funding and with support from the likes of Ford and Volvo, Redwood will seek to prepare the state for an…


News Mar 11, 2022 by Stephanie Leonida
Protecting the Health of the Battery: The Importance of Rugged Design and the BMS

Protecting the Health of the Battery: The Importance of Rugged Design and the BMS

With the growing rise in the use of batteries for a range of applications, it is crucial that the battery is designed in a manner that protects the…


Teledyne e2v HiRel’s New 650 V, 60 A GaN HEMTs are Space-screened at NASA’s Top Assurance Level

Teledyne e2v HiRel’s New 650 V, 60 A GaN HEMTs are Space-screened at NASA’s Top Assurance Level

The two new transistors are tested through NASA’s Level 1 screening flow, its most stringent set, and can be qualified to NASA’s full Level 1…


The Interleaved Inverting Charge Pump - Part 1: A Topology for Low Noise Negative Voltage Supplies

The Interleaved Inverting Charge Pump - Part 1: A Topology for Low Noise Negative Voltage Supplies

Analog Devices offers a wide variety of solutions for producing low noise power. Most of these solutions are designed to produce positive voltage…


Researchers Optimize the EV Battery Recycling Process

Researchers Optimize the EV Battery Recycling Process

Researchers at the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, employed a combination of pyrolysis and sulfuric acid leaching to efficiently extract…


News Mar 07, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Biden Administration Seeks to Juice Up the EV Transition with Nearly $8 Billion in Funding

Biden Administration Seeks to Juice Up the EV Transition with Nearly $8 Billion in Funding

To build a robust national charging network and strengthen the U.S advanced battery supply chain, the Departments of Transportation and Energy will…


News Mar 04, 2022 by Stephanie Leonida
Optimized Sigma-Delta Modulated Current Measurement for Motor Control – Part 1

Optimized Sigma-Delta Modulated Current Measurement for Motor Control – Part 1

This article is Part 1 in a series of two. It discusses demodulation of sigma-delta coded data using sinc filters in a motor control application.…