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Integrated High-current Power Stage Offers Small Footprint for Processor Loads

Integrated High-current Power Stage Offers Small Footprint for Processor Loads

LTC7051-1, with integrated drivers and switches, powers the next generation of high-current processors.


new products Aug 17, 2022 by Mike Falter
EPC’s New Half-bridge Power Stage IC Handles Up to 35 A

EPC’s New Half-bridge Power Stage IC Handles Up to 35 A

Efficient Power Conversion’s new EPC2302 eGaN IC switches at 1 MHz and boasts a withstand voltage of up to 100 V.


Silicon Capacitor Portfolio Offers Density and Performance

Silicon Capacitor Portfolio Offers Density and Performance

Empower Semiconductor has announced that it has expanded its E-CAP™ family of silicon capacitors with technologies that offer further…


Bourns Enters IGBT Market with a Line of 600/650 Volt Units

Bourns Enters IGBT Market with a Line of 600/650 Volt Units

Bourns says its new trench-gate, field-stop technology IGBTs will offer market-leading efficiency coupled with reliable supply and reduced lead…


How Buck Regulators with Integrated Capacitors Help Lower EMI and Save Board Space

How Buck Regulators with Integrated Capacitors Help Lower EMI and Save Board Space

It’s a challenge to create highly efficient and compact designs while also adhering to strict electromagnetic interference (EMI) requirements…


National Electrical Code Basics: Computing Voltage Drop in Branch Circuits and Feeders Part 3

National Electrical Code Basics: Computing Voltage Drop in Branch Circuits and Feeders Part 3

Learn about voltage drop calculations in three-phase branch circuits and feeders.


Depletion-mode Power MOSFETs: The Forgotten MOS

Depletion-mode Power MOSFETs: The Forgotten MOS

Power MOSFETs are most often used in switched-mode applications where they function as an on-off switch. However, in applications such as start-up…


National Electrical Code Basics: Computing Voltage Drop in Branch Circuits and Feeders Part 2

National Electrical Code Basics: Computing Voltage Drop in Branch Circuits and Feeders Part 2

Learn more formulas to calculate voltage drops in single-phase branch circuits and feeders.


Simulation Environment for the Design of Switched-Mode Power Supplies

Simulation Environment for the Design of Switched-Mode Power Supplies

Keysight Technologies’ PathWave Advanced Design System (ADS) and PEPro offer a simulation environment for designing switched-mode power supplies…


A Look at the Summer’s Latest Power Supplies

A Look at the Summer’s Latest Power Supplies

A high-voltage supply from Dean Technology, an industrial/medical supply from Advanced Energy, and an external medical supply from XP Power…


Model-Based Power Converter Design Using High-Confidence MOSFETs

Model-Based Power Converter Design Using High-Confidence MOSFETs

When designing a power converter, simulation models can be used to help trade off multiple design criteria. Simple switch-based models of active…


STMicroelectronics Debuts Dual 200 mA, High-output Amplifier

STMicroelectronics Debuts Dual 200 mA, High-output Amplifier

The new BiCMOS device contains two operational amplifiers in a single package and operates with 4-36 V voltage sources.


GaN Systems, PowerSphyr To Develop “Industry-first” WPT Lineup

GaN Systems, PowerSphyr To Develop “Industry-first” WPT Lineup

Together, the companies will look to deliver a portfolio of end-to-end wireless power transfer solutions for industrial and automotive applications.


News Jul 21, 2022 by Ian Hahn
National Electrical Code Basics: Computing Voltage Drop in Branch Circuits and Feeders Part 1

National Electrical Code Basics: Computing Voltage Drop in Branch Circuits and Feeders Part 1

Learn about voltage drops and how to calculate them in branch circuits and feeders.


Wide Bandwidth Current Transducers for Power Analysis

Wide Bandwidth Current Transducers for Power Analysis

Power conversion products based on wide bandgap semiconductor technologies such as gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC) are now…


Unlocking the Full Potential of SiC MOSFETs

Unlocking the Full Potential of SiC MOSFETs

Commercial SiC MOSFETs are derated due to issues with gate oxide reliability. Optimizing the gate oxide reliability can reduce the specific…


News Jul 13, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Marelli Unveils New 800 V Silicon Carbide Inverter Platform

Marelli Unveils New 800 V Silicon Carbide Inverter Platform

Introduced July 6 at Dritev, held in Baden-Baden, Germany, the silicon carbide (SiC) inverters target enhanced efficiency in electric vehicle (EV)…


News Jul 13, 2022 by Gary Elinoff
Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide: Compound Materials for Radiation-Hardened Applications

Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide: Compound Materials for Radiation-Hardened Applications

For a long time, silicon-based devices have represented the baseline standard in the semiconductor landscape. Starting from 2007, due to Moore’s…


Nexperia Debuts Tiny 20 V and 30 V MOSFETs in DFN Packages

Nexperia Debuts Tiny 20 V and 30 V MOSFETs in DFN Packages

The company says its fresh DFN MOSFETs, which measure 0.63 x 0.33 x 0.25 mm, are the world’s smallest.


AOS Introduces its First Buck Regulator Module

AOS Introduces its First Buck Regulator Module

Aimed at industrial applications, the new device from Alpha and Omega Semiconductor delivers output voltages of up to 5.5 V.