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AOS Targets Intel Panther Lake With Low-Quiescent-Power Controllers

AOS Targets Intel Panther Lake With Low-Quiescent-Power Controllers

Paired with compact smart power stages, the new digital multiphase controllers may extend notebook battery life by up to an hour.


new products Jun 04, 2026 by Luke James
Maximizing Value: How 3-Level DC-DC Converters Reduce BOM and System Cost

Maximizing Value: How 3-Level DC-DC Converters Reduce BOM and System Cost

Learn how 3-Level DC-DC converters offer higher efficiency and lower BOM/system costs by reducing voltage stress on components, enabling smaller…


Take Our 2025 EETech Engineering Insights Survey

Take Our 2025 EETech Engineering Insights Survey

Join your engineering community peers and take our EETech Engineering Insights Survey 2025. You’ll get a summary of the results once they’re…


News Sep 05, 2025 by Jeff Child, EEPower
A Smarter Way to Charge Batteries

A Smarter Way to Charge Batteries

Iontra’s charge control MCU chips offer an innovative solution to improve battery charging performance, leading to faster and safer charging and…


High-Frequency Power Transfer Paves the Way for Wireless EV Charging

High-Frequency Power Transfer Paves the Way for Wireless EV Charging

The main difference between wireless charging of a mobile phone and an electric vehicle is the power levels used. What challenges do high-power EV…


Industry-first 1200V SiC FET Offers Higher Power Density

Industry-first 1200V SiC FET Offers Higher Power Density

Diodes Incorporated has expanded its silicon carbide product portfolio with the first-ever 1200 V SiC MOSFET in a TO247-4 package.


new products Apr 14, 2023 by Mike Falter
How to Decarbonize the Electronics Industry

How to Decarbonize the Electronics Industry

A report by IDTechEx examines the incentives and opportunities for the electronics industry to support the push toward sustainable manufacturing…


Benefits of UL-certified Smart Gate Drivers in Advanced Power Converters

Benefits of UL-certified Smart Gate Drivers in Advanced Power Converters

Through improvements in power switches and microcontrollers, the designers of power electronics can improve efficiency by up to another percentage…


CES 2023: Advanced Materials Developer Showcases Innovations for Advanced Mobility, Consumer Markets

CES 2023: Advanced Materials Developer Showcases Innovations for Advanced Mobility, Consumer Markets

Celanese will feature advanced material initiatives for electric vehicles and consumer electronics.


new products Jan 07, 2023 by Mike Falter
High-power Wireless Chipset Expands Charging to Larger Devices

High-power Wireless Chipset Expands Charging to Larger Devices

A new wireless charging chipset from ST Microelectronics delivers 100 watts of power and charges high-end smartphones in less than 30 minutes.


new products Dec 10, 2022 by Mike Falter
Introduction to Off-Grid and Hybrid EV Charging System Architectures

Introduction to Off-Grid and Hybrid EV Charging System Architectures

Off-grid and Hybrid Charging Systems are important components of the electric vehicle ecosystem. Learn more about these architectures in this…


Designing Electronics to Pass the EMC Test Part 6

Designing Electronics to Pass the EMC Test Part 6

Parasitic AM demodulation is present in all BJT operational amplifiers. In this article, learn how an operational amplifier becomes a demodulator…


Designing Electronics to Pass the EMC Test Part 5

Designing Electronics to Pass the EMC Test Part 5

Some common scenarios during conductive and radiated immunity testing can cause issues. This article reveals how to resolve them.


Warwick Grant to Bolster Skills in Power Electronics, Machines, Drives

Warwick Grant to Bolster Skills in Power Electronics, Machines, Drives

The University of Warwick’s competition-winning Warwick Electrification Development (WELD) program received £1 million in grant funding to…


News Oct 30, 2022 by Stephanie Leonida
Infineon Enables Highly Integrated USB Type-C Charger Unification

Infineon Enables Highly Integrated USB Type-C Charger Unification

The EZ-PD™ BCR (Barrel Connector Replacement) is a highly integrated USB-C controller, together with the USB-C connector, it replaces barrel…


Power Integrations Debuts a New Family of Flyback Switcher ICs

Power Integrations Debuts a New Family of Flyback Switcher ICs

The new family of devices feature an integral USB PD Controller and support USB PD 3.0 + PPS and QC4 protocols.


Researchers Make Breakthrough in ‘Massless’ Energy Storage for Consumer Electronics and EVs

Researchers Make Breakthrough in ‘Massless’ Energy Storage for Consumer Electronics and EVs

Researchers from two Swedish technical universities develop a structural battery that could be further developed to be used in light-weight…


News Apr 04, 2021 by Stephanie Leonida
Maxim’s USB-C Power Delivery Solutions Cut Development Time and Reduce Solution Size

Maxim’s USB-C Power Delivery Solutions Cut Development Time and Reduce Solution Size

This article highlights Maxim Integrated MAX77958 USB-C PD controller and the MAX77962 28W buck-boost charger to overcome the challenges of…


STMicroelectronics Extends USB Fast Charging over USB-C to Embedded Applications with USB-IF-Certified Development Board

STMicroelectronics Extends USB Fast Charging over USB-C to Embedded Applications with USB-IF-Certified Development Board

STMicroelectronics highlights the advantages of the latest USB Power Delivery (USB PD) technology including faster charging and easy reuse of…


Standalone VBUS-Powered Controller for 5V USB-C Charging Applications

Standalone VBUS-Powered Controller for 5V USB-C Charging Applications