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EPC Adds Another Rad-hard Gallium Nitride Power FET

EPC Adds Another Rad-hard Gallium Nitride Power FET

The new gallium nitride (GaN) FET joins EPC’s well-established line aimed at space-based applications including DC-DC power, motor drives, and…


DC/DC Converters: Devices for Converting to a Higher Voltage

DC/DC Converters: Devices for Converting to a Higher Voltage

A DC/DC step-up or boost converter is one of the simplest switch-mode converter types, increasing the input voltage based on a given scenario.


DC/DC Conversion Principles

DC/DC Conversion Principles

ST’s New Chip Could Save 15 Nuclear Plants Worth of Energy

ST’s New Chip Could Save 15 Nuclear Plants Worth of Energy

The latest controller chip from STMicroelectronics incorporates an Arm Cortex-M0+ core and is designed to boost efficiency in USB-PD 3.1 adapters.


DC/DC Converters: Devices for Converting to a Lower Voltage

DC/DC Converters: Devices for Converting to a Lower Voltage

DC/DC converters are used in a wide array of systems in our day to day lives. The main goal of these converters is to step up or step down the DC…


What Is a DC-DC Converter and How Does It Work?

What Is a DC-DC Converter and How Does It Work?

Learn the basics of what DC/DC converters are and how they work.


GaN Systems, EPC Both Unveil New GaN Power Transistors

GaN Systems, EPC Both Unveil New GaN Power Transistors

EPC’s (Efficient Power Conversion) new GaN FET targets space-based applications, while GaN Systems’ new offering is aimed at terrestrial…


ROHM Establishes Global Application Center in India

ROHM Establishes Global Application Center in India

The company is expanding its state-of-the-art lab to cater to power applications of more than 10kW, and will hire dozens of local power electronics…


News Jun 17, 2022 by Gary Elinoff
GE to Triple Solar and Battery Energy Storage Manufacturing

GE to Triple Solar and Battery Energy Storage Manufacturing

The company is expanding its solar and battery energy storage power electronics systems manufacturing capacity to 9 GW per annum.


News Jun 15, 2022 by Gary Elinoff
Methodology for Specifying Bus Bars in High Density Power Converters

Methodology for Specifying Bus Bars in High Density Power Converters

The evolution of high-density power converters brings harsher constraints to the converters introducing technical issues for bus bar designers.…


Bourns Introduces New High Current, Shielded Power Inductors

Bourns Introduces New High Current, Shielded Power Inductors

The miniature AEC-Q200 compliant components feature high rated current, low magnetic field radiation, and a wide operating temperature range.


Power Module Dynamic Test Solution Suitable Also for WBG Devices

Power Module Dynamic Test Solution Suitable Also for WBG Devices

Evaluation of power modules is important for power electronics engineers, as well as power module manufacturers, to design efficient, small form…


Eliminating Power Conversion Trade-Offs by Moving to 1700V SiC MOSFETs

Eliminating Power Conversion Trade-Offs by Moving to 1700V SiC MOSFETs

Designers of high-voltage power systems have struggled to meet customers’ needs for continued innovation when using silicon MOSFETs and IGBTs.…


EPC Says its New 40 V GaN FET Is World’s Smallest at 1.1 mΩ

EPC Says its New 40 V GaN FET Is World’s Smallest at 1.1 mΩ

The fresh EPC2066 is an enhancement-mode gallium nitride (eGaN) power FET expanding the company’s extensive portfolio of low-voltage,…


NIC Components Introduces New Automotive-grade Capacitors

NIC Components Introduces New Automotive-grade Capacitors

The new surface-mounted, AEC-Q200 qualified hybrid devices are aluminum electrolytic, and feature high capacitances in a smaller PCB footprint.


Diodes Incorporated Debuts New 40 V, 460 A MOSFET Targeting EVs

Diodes Incorporated Debuts New 40 V, 460 A MOSFET Targeting EVs

Housed in a new high-current, thermally-efficient package, the unit sports a gate charge of 117 nC and a typical RDS(ON) of just 0.54 mΩ at a…


Voltage Converters for Railway Technology – Costs at First and Second Glance

Voltage Converters for Railway Technology – Costs at First and Second Glance

Price pressure rises, also in railway industry, and will hence have an essential impact on the initial acquisition costs for electronics…


Are Hybrid Transducers the Future for Power Converters with SiC MOSFETs?

Are Hybrid Transducers the Future for Power Converters with SiC MOSFETs?

Markets are expected to open up for sensors capable of delivering response times as low as 100ns and unprecedented cut-off frequencies above 1MHz.…


ROHM’s New QuiCur Technology Improves Load Transient Responses for DC/DC Converter ICs and LDOs

ROHM’s New QuiCur Technology Improves Load Transient Responses for DC/DC Converter ICs and LDOs

QuiCur, announced March 24, heralds improvements in both response speed and in voltage output stability.


News Apr 06, 2022 by Gary Elinoff
Murata Unveils Miniature Power Supplies Aimed at Medical and Industrial Applications

Murata Unveils Miniature Power Supplies Aimed at Medical and Industrial Applications

The new 1000 W, single output open frame AC/DC converters meet stringent medical safety requirements.