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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.


SNL Researchers Design Microgrid for Artemis Lunar Base

SNL Researchers Design Microgrid for Artemis Lunar Base

Researchers and electrical engineers from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) work with NASA to design a microgrid for the Artemis lunar base.


News Jun 03, 2022 by Stephanie Leonida
DOE Pours $3B into Transmission Lines, Energy Storage, and EVs

DOE Pours $3B into Transmission Lines, Energy Storage, and EVs

With its aggressive funding, the DOE will look to counter growing integration gridlock, ensure stability in the face of intermittent renewables,…


News May 23, 2022 by Shannon Cuthrell
Qorvo Says its New 1200 V SiC FETs Sport Industry’s Best Figures of Merit

Qorvo Says its New 1200 V SiC FETs Sport Industry’s Best Figures of Merit

The six FETs, members of the fresh UF4C/SC series, feature industry-leading marks for on-resistance, claims Qorvo (formerly UnitedSic), and target…


The Interleaved Inverting Charge Pump - Part 2: Implementation and Results

The Interleaved Inverting Charge Pump - Part 2: Implementation and Results

In Part 1 of this series, we introduced a unique method of generating a low noise negative rail from a positive supply, and we presented a…


Intrinsic Safety 101

Intrinsic Safety 101

Discover all you need to know about intrinsic safety – an explosion-prevention design technique applied to the electrical equipment and wiring…


Department of Energy Launches $84 Million Geothermal Program

Department of Energy Launches $84 Million Geothermal Program

The DOE issued a request for information (RFI) from relevant geothermal stakeholders, seeking guidance in its future selection of four enhanced…


News Apr 20, 2022 by Ian Hahn
Modified Standard, Semi-Custom and Full-Custom Designs

Modified Standard, Semi-Custom and Full-Custom Designs

RECOM offers over 25,000 standard portfolio DC/DC and AC/DC products, but still at times, a non-standard converter is needed. This article explores…


How to Hack your DC/DC Converter – Part 1

How to Hack your DC/DC Converter – Part 1

A ‘hack’ is a clever or elegant solution that uses something for a purpose for which it was not originally intended, usually for fun, but also…


How to Hack your AC/DC Converter – Part 2

How to Hack your AC/DC Converter – Part 2

How can you ‘hack’ something as basic as an AC/DC converter module? This article will use the example of a board-mounted power supply to…


Right Technology for Lighting Dimmers

Right Technology for Lighting Dimmers

Aiming to get the right technology for lighting dimmers applications, here we investigate the impact of the main parameters (and so to the MOSFET…


Tiny MicroModules with PFM

Tiny MicroModules with PFM

A warehouse provides a prime example of an industrial environment where there are numerous electronic applications and rail voltages. Complex…


Safety Standards for Testing Instruments

Safety Standards for Testing Instruments

IEC standards reduce safety hazards that can occur from unpredictable circumstances when using electrical test equipment such as test instruments…


Generating Very Low Voltages with Standard Regulators

Generating Very Low Voltages with Standard Regulators

Question: What is a good solution for generating a tiny dc supply voltage of a few hundred millivolts? Answer: All that is needed is a clean…


Improving Medical Grade Transformer Design

Improving Medical Grade Transformer Design

Given that the EU1 and FDA2 definitions of what constitutes a medical device encompass a large majority of medical products other than drugs, it is…


Influencing Purchasing Decisions with Environmental Labelling

Influencing Purchasing Decisions with Environmental Labelling

This article will look at some of the most relevant energy usage labelling standards, how they are evolving and how they can be used to provide…


Infineon Enables Highly Integrated USB Type-C Charger Unification

Infineon Enables Highly Integrated USB Type-C Charger Unification

The EZ-PD™ BCR (Barrel Connector Replacement) is a highly integrated USB-C controller, together with the USB-C connector, it replaces barrel…


Nexperia Delivers Extremely Low Clamping Bidirectional ESD Protection Devices for USB4 Standard Interfaces

Nexperia Delivers Extremely Low Clamping Bidirectional ESD Protection Devices for USB4 Standard Interfaces

Nexperia announced two PESD5V0R1BxSF extremely low clamping and capacitance bidirectional Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) protection diodes.


GaN Systems Offers Reference Designs for 3kW AC/DC Power Supplies

GaN Systems Offers Reference Designs for 3kW AC/DC Power Supplies

The two power supply unit (PSU) designs offer either full bridge LLC resonant converter or bridgeless totem-pole PFC formats.


Absopulse Debuts Power Supplies with Active Power Factor Correction (PFC)

Absopulse Debuts Power Supplies with Active Power Factor Correction (PFC)