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Securing the Renewable Energy Grid Against Cyberattacks

Securing the Renewable Energy Grid Against Cyberattacks

As the world plans to boost renewable power generation, can we protect the grid against cyberattacks?


Understanding Quiescent and Shutdown Currents With Boost Converters

Understanding Quiescent and Shutdown Currents With Boost Converters

Quiescent current is an important parameter to consider when optimizing battery-powered applications. This article examines the difference between…


Say Goodbye to Outages: How Solar Plus Storage is Fueling the Microgrid Revolution

Say Goodbye to Outages: How Solar Plus Storage is Fueling the Microgrid Revolution

Solar plus energy storage microgrids with advanced controls can supplement the current energy grid cost-effectively.


Tesla to Launch Virtual Power Plants in Texas, Puerto Rico

Tesla to Launch Virtual Power Plants in Texas, Puerto Rico

Tesla will soon offer virtual power plant programs for Powerwall customers in Texas and Puerto Rico, according to a recent confirmation by an…


News Jun 26, 2023 by Shannon Cuthrell
Memory Inductors for Energy-Efficient Applications

Memory Inductors for Energy-Efficient Applications

The advanced series of WE-MAPI inductors combine the best possible utilization of inductance and current carrying capacity with low intrinsic…


Making Microgrids Standard Practice Requires Industry Standard

Making Microgrids Standard Practice Requires Industry Standard

Microgrids are a powerful tool for reaching carbon-neutrality goals and building grid resilience. Standardization could pave the way for greater…


Power ICs Enable High-Efficiency High-Power-Density 140W PD3.1 Adapter Designs

Power ICs Enable High-Efficiency High-Power-Density 140W PD3.1 Adapter Designs

This article presents an ultra-high-efficiency and high-power-density design of a power factor correction (PFC) and asymmetrical half-bridge (AHB)…


Partnering for the Safe Supply of Industrial Power Modules

Partnering for the Safe Supply of Industrial Power Modules

"Multiple sourcing” is desirable when designing a power converter. Semikron Danfoss and ROHM Semiconductor have added a fully compatible…


Packages for the Highest Voltage Class Si IGBTs and SiC MOSFETs

Packages for the Highest Voltage Class Si IGBTs and SiC MOSFETs

HV LinPak is a new package that adds to several options converter designers have for using Si IGBTs and SiC MOSFETs with nominal blocking voltages…


Helping Power Solutions Keep Up With Moore’s Law

Helping Power Solutions Keep Up With Moore’s Law

This article discusses Moore's Law and MEMS in creating roadmaps for electronics and electrical equipment and the importance of power…


Advanced Inductor Circuit Models

Advanced Inductor Circuit Models

In this article, Dr. Ridley describes new advanced circuit models that can be used to accurately predict the performance of off-the-shelf…


Get More From Your Heat Pump

Get More From Your Heat Pump

High functional integration and power density are at the foundation of our energy-efficient, cost-effective power modules for motor drives tailored…


Algorithm Pinpoints Grid Status With Smart Meters Instead of Measurement Devices

Algorithm Pinpoints Grid Status With Smart Meters Instead of Measurement Devices

Arizona State University researchers have developed an algorithm that pulls data from residential smart meters to identify network connectivity,…


Consumer Drive Applications – Energy Efficiency and Power Density in SiC Power Devices

Consumer Drive Applications – Energy Efficiency and Power Density in SiC Power Devices

Over the past decades, energy regulations have been consolidated highlighting the importance of manufacturing energy efficient products. This has…


Power Quality Monitoring Part 2: Design Considerations for a Standards-Compliant Power Quality Meter

Power Quality Monitoring Part 2: Design Considerations for a Standards-Compliant Power Quality Meter

This article explains how to efficiently design a standards-compliant power quality measurement instrument using a ready-to-use platform that…


Power Quality Monitoring Part 1: The Importance of Standards-Compliant Power Quality Measurements

Power Quality Monitoring Part 1: The Importance of Standards-Compliant Power Quality Measurements

This article discusses the importance of power quality (PQ) measurements in today’s electric infrastructure and reviews areas of application for…


TI Introduces New Isolated Gate Driver For EVs At PCIM Europe 2023

TI Introduces New Isolated Gate Driver For EVs At PCIM Europe 2023

TI’s gate driver will allow efficient, higher energy-density inverters for use in EVs and power storage systems.


Mitigating Harmonics in Power Systems

Mitigating Harmonics in Power Systems

This article will guide engineers in understanding harmonics, causes, types, equations, and sequences and mitigate harmonics effects.


UL Introduces Cybersecurity Requirements for Inverters and DER 

UL Introduces Cybersecurity Requirements for Inverters and DER 

UL and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have developed security certification requirements for photovoltaic inverters, EV chargers, wind…


Driving and Protecting SiC MOSFETs: Specs and Standards

Driving and Protecting SiC MOSFETs: Specs and Standards

Although SiC MOSFETs offer many benefits, it took more than ten years for suppliers to consolidate and align specifications and standards. Today,…