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Texas Instruments’ Bias Supply Module is Aimed at EV Applications

Texas Instruments’ Bias Supply Module is Aimed at EV Applications

The isolated, 1.5W DC/DC device employs a tiny internal planar transformer to cut power solution sizes in half for EVS and HEVs.


Improving Power Magnetics for High-Frequency Applications

Improving Power Magnetics for High-Frequency Applications

Increasing operation frequencies require an improvement of magnetic power materials and their design process, especially regarding loss determination.


Richardson RFPD Announces Availability of Analog Devices’ 6–14 GHz, Low Phase Noise GaAs MMIC Amplifier

Richardson RFPD Announces Availability of Analog Devices’ 6–14 GHz, Low Phase Noise GaAs MMIC Amplifier

ADL8150 features low phase noise of -172 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset, 12 dB signal gain, and +30dBm OIP3.


Siemens Introduces a Power Integrity Analytical SW Tool for IC Design

Siemens Introduces a Power Integrity Analytical SW Tool for IC Design

The new package enables EM/IR assessment of analog, digital, and mixed-signal IC designs of any size before committing to silicon.


Advanced Validation of Magnetics for High Power and Energy Applications

Advanced Validation of Magnetics for High Power and Energy Applications

Analytical models regarding magnetic components` performance, cored with discrete distributed multi gapped design, are far away from satisfied,…


Infineon Introduces a Reference Design for a 22kW Motor Driver

Infineon Introduces a Reference Design for a 22kW Motor Driver

The new design is fully customizable and will reduce time to market for a variety of high-power applications.


Swept Transient Loops Improve Accuracy and Design Information

Swept Transient Loops Improve Accuracy and Design Information

In this article, we show how swept loops surpass the performance of small-signal analysis. For the first time, we can answer important design…


Thermally Conductive Foil Used as Thermal Interface Material (TIM) in Power Electronics

Thermally Conductive Foil Used as Thermal Interface Material (TIM) in Power Electronics

The omnipresent trend in Power Electronics for higher performances at smaller space require a quick, effective and cost-efficient heat-transfer…


Texas Instruments’ 70W Motor Drivers Enable Rapid BLDC Motor Designs

Texas Instruments’ 70W Motor Drivers Enable Rapid BLDC Motor Designs

The two new units provide code-free, sensorless trapezoidal control or field-oriented control (FOC), saving months of design time.


News Sep 20, 2021 by Gary Elinoff
Henkel Develops Silicone-free Liquid Thermal Gap Filler with Excellent Dielectric Strength for High Voltage Applications

Henkel Develops Silicone-free Liquid Thermal Gap Filler with Excellent Dielectric Strength for High Voltage Applications

Henkel today announced the commercial launch of Bergquist Gap Filler TGF 3000SF, the latest in the company’s line of silicone-free thermal…


Littelfuse’s Optically-Isolated Gate Driver Needs No External Power Supply

Littelfuse’s Optically-Isolated Gate Driver Needs No External Power Supply

Designed to partner with external MOSFETs, the high-voltage device provides load turn-on speeds measured in tens of microseconds.


Silicon Designs Announces Immediate Availability of MEMS Capacitive Accelerometer Chips

Silicon Designs Announces Immediate Availability of MEMS Capacitive Accelerometer Chips

Silicon Designs, Inc., today announced that three of its industry best-selling industrial-grade surface mount MEMS capacitive accelerometer chip…


Transphorm Acquires AFSW GaN Wafer Fab in Japan

Transphorm Acquires AFSW GaN Wafer Fab in Japan

California semiconductor manufacturer Transphorm closed its acquisition of the high-volume AFSW wafer fab in Japan.


News Sep 17, 2021 by Shannon Cuthrell
AVX Launches New TCO Series High-Temperature, Automotive-Grade Polymer Chip Capacitors

AVX Launches New TCO Series High-Temperature, Automotive-Grade Polymer Chip Capacitors

TCO Series capacitors meet AEC-Q200 requirements, exhibit low DCL and a benign failure mode, and are ideal for use in low- and medium-power…


UK-Based Organizations Sign MoU for Prototype Solid-State Battery Development

UK-Based Organizations Sign MoU for Prototype Solid-State Battery Development

Seven organizations based in the UK come together to form a consortium focused on prototyping solid-state battery technology for automotive…


News Sep 15, 2021 by Stephanie Leonida
Würth Elektronik Extends its MagI³C-FDSM-36-V Family with a 12V Output Voltage Version

Würth Elektronik Extends its MagI³C-FDSM-36-V Family with a 12V Output Voltage Version

Power Modules Replace L78x Linear Regulators.


Unifrax to Build its First SiFAB Manufacturing Line in Indiana

Unifrax to Build its First SiFAB Manufacturing Line in Indiana

Unifrax announces plans to build its first silicon fiber anode material manufacturing line to provide more sustainable battery power.


News Sep 11, 2021 by Stephanie Leonida
Infineon and Panasonic to Collaborate on 650V Power GaN Development

Infineon and Panasonic to Collaborate on 650V Power GaN Development

The two companies agree to joint development of the next generation of their successful Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology.


Performing Battery Maintenance on Robotic Systems

Performing Battery Maintenance on Robotic Systems

Learn about the purposes and types of backup batteries.


70-W BLDC Motor Drivers from Texas Instruments Eliminate Months of Design Time with Code-free, Sensorless FOC and Trapezoidal control

70-W BLDC Motor Drivers from Texas Instruments Eliminate Months of Design Time with Code-free, Sensorless FOC and Trapezoidal control

Integrated real-time control enables engineers to spin BLDC motors in less than 10 minutes while making motor systems quieter and as much as 70%…