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Reduce Switching Losses up to 50% While Accelerating Time to Market with the First Fully Configurable Digital Gate Driver for Silicon Carbide MOSFETs – Now Production Ready

Reduce Switching Losses up to 50% While Accelerating Time to Market with the First Fully Configurable Digital Gate Driver for Silicon Carbide MOSFETs – Now Production Ready

New technology enables electric buses and other e-transportation power systems to meet and exceed stringent environmental conditions while…


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.


Infineon Unveils New Current Ratings for its 1200V EconoDUAL 3 Portfolio

Infineon Unveils New Current Ratings for its 1200V EconoDUAL 3 Portfolio

Based on the Infineon’s TRENCHSTOP IGBT 7 chips, the company adds 450A, 600A, and 750A versions to its popular family of power modules.


UnitedSiC Debuts a 750V SiC Power FET with a 6mohm RDS(ON)

UnitedSiC Debuts a 750V SiC Power FET with a 6mohm RDS(ON)

The device features a short-circuit withstand time rating of 5μs and is introduced as part of a series of 9 new devices.


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.


Power Integrations Introduces IGBT Gate Drivers Featuring up to Six MAGs

Power Integrations Introduces IGBT Gate Drivers Featuring up to Six MAGs

The gate drivers separately target the popular multiple parallel EconoDual module or the “New Dual” 100 mm x 140 mm IGBT modules.


STMicroelectronics Debuts 200W SMPS Aimed at LED TV Applications

STMicroelectronics Debuts 200W SMPS Aimed at LED TV Applications

The new switched mode power supply (SMPS) surpasses even the toughest efficiency and standby power requirements.


Power Semiconductor Modules to Support Lower Voltages

Power Semiconductor Modules to Support Lower Voltages

This article examines the use of power semiconductors in a low voltage drive with the general architecture.


STMicroelectronics Collaborates with Xilinx to Power Space-Hardened FPGAs

STMicroelectronics Collaborates with Xilinx to Power Space-Hardened FPGAs

STMicroelectronics (ST) devices to provide power for Xilinx’s UltraScale XQRKU060 radiation-tolerant FPGA.


TRACO POWER Introduces Reinforced Isolated DC/DC Converters with 3000 VAC Isolation Voltage

TRACO POWER Introduces Reinforced Isolated DC/DC Converters with 3000 VAC Isolation Voltage

The THR line comprises four series of DC/DC converters between 3 and 40 Watt with reinforced isolation (3000 VAC).


Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Debuts Ideal Diode Reverse Current Protection Switch

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Debuts Ideal Diode Reverse Current Protection Switch

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor’s (AOS) smart protection switch is aimed at Type-C Power Delivery applications.


Absopulse Debuts New Line of Encapsulated 250W DC-DC Converters

Absopulse Debuts New Line of Encapsulated 250W DC-DC Converters

The convection cooled units provide 12, 24, 36, 48, or 72VDC and operate from inputs centered on 24, 48, or 125VDC


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%…


Digital Power Electronics Basics: Digital (Binary) Operation

Digital Power Electronics Basics: Digital (Binary) Operation

Learn about the binary system employed in digital electronics.


The FlaMe Project Looks to Target More Efficient Production of Power Modules

The FlaMe Project Looks to Target More Efficient Production of Power Modules

The Fraunhofer Institute of Silicon Technology (ISIT) in Germany has recently announced a new research project for designing and implementing…


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.