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STMicroelectronics Adds 45W and 150W Versions to its 650V MasterGaN Line

STMicroelectronics Adds 45W and 150W Versions to its 650V MasterGaN Line

Both devices include both the gate driver and two enhancement-mode GaN power transistors in a single highly integrated package.


Littelfuse’s CPC1596 Optically Isolated Load-Biased Gate Driver Eliminates the Need for External Power Supply

Littelfuse’s CPC1596 Optically Isolated Load-Biased Gate Driver Eliminates the Need for External Power Supply

Littlefuse, Inc. announced the first high-voltage optically-isolated MOSFET gate driver on the market that requires no external power supply, yet…


Single-chip GaN Gate Driver from STMicroelectronics Boosts Speed, Flexibility, and Integration in Industrial and Home Automation

Single-chip GaN Gate Driver from STMicroelectronics Boosts Speed, Flexibility, and Integration in Industrial and Home Automation

This circuit uses a synchronous MOSFET that lets the bootstrap voltage reach the logic supply voltage, VCC, allowing the driver to operate from a…


COSEL Debuts Two Power Supplies With 200% Peak Power Capabilities

COSEL Debuts Two Power Supplies With 200% Peak Power Capabilities

Designed with safety in mind, the new devices are cooled via free air convection and offer typical efficiencies of 93%


Gallium Nitride (GaN) Power ICs: Turning Academic Dreams into an Industry Reality

Gallium Nitride (GaN) Power ICs: Turning Academic Dreams into an Industry Reality

Gallium nitride (GaN) is the key enabler for high-frequency, and simultaneously high-efficiency topologies.


Diodes Incorporated’s Precision-Adjustable Current Limit Power Switch Provides High Levels of Protection to Automotive Subsystems

Diodes Incorporated’s Precision-Adjustable Current Limit Power Switch Provides High Levels of Protection to Automotive Subsystems

The AP22653Q’s current limit threshold can be simply set anywhere between 125mA to 1735mA via use of standard value external resistors.


Taking on the MLCC Shortage by Reducing Capacitance Requirements in Power Supplies

Taking on the MLCC Shortage by Reducing Capacitance Requirements in Power Supplies

The worldwide supply of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) is not keeping up with demand. This is due in no small part to the increased…


Dialog Semi and Xilinx Team Up to Power Visual AI Solutions

Dialog Semi and Xilinx Team Up to Power Visual AI Solutions

Xilinx opts for Dialog’s power management ICs to power its Kria K26 artificial intelligence (AI) modular system.


Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Debuts a DC/DC Controller for 5G Applications

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Debuts a DC/DC Controller for 5G Applications

The Dual Output 3+1 Phase Digital VCOT controller provides power for 5G subsystems including the CU, DU, and RU platforms.


Design Challenges and Solutions for Solar Inverters

Design Challenges and Solutions for Solar Inverters

Designers of solar inverters face a multidimensional challenge to ensure solar power continues to meet the growing demand for clean energy. This…


Lenovo and Navitas Launch a 130W Fast-Charging Power Adapter for High-Power Devices

Lenovo and Navitas Launch a 130W Fast-Charging Power Adapter for High-Power Devices

For a fifth time, Lenovo and Navitas have partnered up to create a new fast-charging device, the YOGA CC130, a gallium nitride (GaN) based power…


Troubleshooting a Programmable Logic Controller

Troubleshooting a Programmable Logic Controller

This article covers commonly used methods for troubleshooting a programmable logic controller (PLC) that is experiencing an error.


Dialog Semiconductor Debuts a Family of Automotive PMICs

Dialog Semiconductor Debuts a Family of Automotive PMICs

The new Power management ICs (PMICs) are aimed at powering automotive AI systems on chips (SoC).


Trinamic Debuts 3-phase MOSFET Gate Driver for PMSM and BLDC motors

Trinamic Debuts 3-phase MOSFET Gate Driver for PMSM and BLDC motors

The device integrates all three bottom shunt amplifiers and can support external MOSFETs for motor currents of up to 100 amps.


Eliminating Voltage Overshoots for High-performance Modules in the Mega-watt Range

Eliminating Voltage Overshoots for High-performance Modules in the Mega-watt Range

High-performance IGBT modules switch currents in the kA range, whereby unwanted and in some cases harmful voltage overshoots can occur due to DC…


Arc Flash and Overvoltage Protection

Arc Flash and Overvoltage Protection

In addition to the risk of electrical shock, other hazards are present when work is performed on or near energized electrical equipment or…


Aiming to Boost Analog Production, TI Acquires Micron’s Utah 300mm Wafer Fab

Aiming to Boost Analog Production, TI Acquires Micron’s Utah 300mm Wafer Fab

Texas Instruments acquires Micron’s 300-mm wafer fabrication facility for $1.5 billion, a hefty investment to boost its production capacity.


News Aug 25, 2021 by Shannon Cuthrell
TRACO POWER Introduces Ruggedized 3~40 Watt DC/DC Converters with 3kVAC Reinforced Isolation

TRACO POWER Introduces Ruggedized 3~40 Watt DC/DC Converters with 3kVAC Reinforced Isolation

TRACO POWER announces their new THR-WI series of 3 / 10 / 20 / 40 watt DC/DC Converters with double / reinforced insulation providing up to 3,000…


Microchip’s New Power Modules Meet Tough New Aerospace Standards

Microchip’s New Power Modules Meet Tough New Aerospace Standards

A series of AC/DC and DC/AC baseless power converters were developed in cooperation with Europe’s Clean Sky Consortium.


STMicroelectronics Introduces New 45W and 150W MasterGaN Devices for High-Efficiency Power Conversion

STMicroelectronics Introduces New 45W and 150W MasterGaN Devices for High-Efficiency Power Conversion

ST’s MasterGaN concept simplifies migrating from ordinary silicon MOSFETs to GaN wide-bandgap power technology.