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The Power Technology Behind NASA’s Mars Rover Perseverance

The Rover’s power sources, essentially its lifeline, will heavily rely on Infineon and KULR Technology.

Radiation Performance of Enhancement-Mode GaN Power Devices

Vicor’s New Partnership Aims to Power Environmentally Friendly Air Travel

Vicor Corporation, is teaming up with Ampaire, an electric aircraft manufacturer, to design electric-powered aviation systems with two of Vicor’s…

CHIPS for America Act Aims to Boost Semiconductor Industry

A new bipartisan bill aims to invest tens of billions of dollars into semiconductor research and manufacturing efforts through the 2020 decade.

EPC and VPT Partner to Provide Power Conversion Solutions for High-Reliability Environments

Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) and VPT establish EPC Space, to design and manufacture radiation-hardened GaN-on-silicon transistors and ICs.

SWaP Benefits to Reduce Power Consumption in High Reliability Microprocessors

This article features Teledyne e2v High Reliability Microprocessors have been the workhorses across a broad range of defense, aerospace and other…

Keysight Launches Photovoltaic Array Simulators that Deliver 20 Kilowatts in a 3U Format

Keysight launches its next-generation PV8900, enabling engineers to maximize solar power conversion.

Electrolytic Capacitors with Energy Density and Multiple Packaging Options

Cornell Dubilier Electronics, Inc. (CDE) has made significant design tweaks to their groundbreaking THA and THAS Series Thinpack capacitors.

SweGaN Technology Introduces ‘Buffer-Free’ Concept For GaN High-Frequency Devices

In a recent collaboration with the Chalmers University of Technology, SweGaN introduced a 'buffer-free' concept for GaN-on-SiC electron…

Microchip Introduces 3kW Transient Voltage Suppressor Diode Array Family

Microchip highlights Transient Voltage Suppressor (TVS) vertical arrays – the MDA3KP Transient Voltage Suppressor (TVS).

All-Electric Plane Takes Flight with Battery-Powered Motor

Electric aviation companies help bring battery-powered flight to reality.

NRL Begins Testing Solar Power Satellite In Orbit

A team of researchers at the United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have conducted their first solar power satellite experiment

The Importance of Power Engineering and Power Electronics: A Brief History

Power engineering and electronics, while maybe not as popular as other forms of engineering, is of great importance to the world around us and has…

Arm Launches Free Support & IP Access Program for Early-Stage Silicon Startups

U.K. semiconductor design firm Arm is launching a new program that helps young silicon startups get their chip designs to market faster.

STMicroelectronics Boosts Power Efficiency in Space Applications with New Radiation-Hardened Devices

STMicroelectronics launches extra-rugged rectifiers and the industry’s first Single-Event Burnout (SEB) rated high-voltage Schottky diodes

Cambridge University Spinout Porotech Aims to Lead Porous GaN Materials Space

With a fresh round of seed funding and plans for a pilot plant, U.K. gallium nitride startup Porotech is making strides to bring its porous GaN…

Microchip Announces the 53100A Phase Noise Analyzer for Precision Oscillator Characterization

Microchip introduces its next-generation phase noise instrument combines timing technologies in a smaller, higher-performance measurement instrument

Vishay’s Snap-in Power Aluminum Capacitors Enable Higher Power Density to Save PCB Space, Lower Costs

These miniature devices offer increased ripple current to 5.05 A and Useful Life of 5,000 Hours at 85°C.