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Maxim’s Automotive Buck-Boost Controller Enables Automotive USB Power Delivery Ports

Maxim Integrated introduces MAX25430 that slashes design size up to 40 percent and eliminates microcontrollers, metal enclosures and heat sinks for…

Switching Power Supplies with More than 96% Efficiency Due to the Use of GaN Transistors

Analyzing the Advantages of 100V GaN in 48V Applications

This article describes an ultra-low parasitics Eon/Eoff measurement platform and the advantages of 100V GaN in 48V applications.

Researchers Create an Efficient, Heat-Resistant, Green Energy Storage System

Energy storage via an improved redox flow battery solution from researchers at the Friedrich Schiller University has been introduced to the power…

Paragraf’s Graphene Hall-Effect Sensors Are Space Bound

Paragraf’s graphene hall-effect sensors (GHS) has been deemed mission-ready for high-radiation applications in space by the UK’s National…

Tailored to Perform in Resonant Topologies: Infineon’s New 650V CoolMOS CFD7

Infineon Technologies 650 V CoolMOS™ CFD7 product family for SMPS designs in industrial applications recent technology trends include the need…

Space-Qualified Rad-Hard Enhancement-Mode GaN Drivers and Power Stages

EPC Space features a family of Rad Hard enhancement mode GaN drivers and power stages.

Hard Paralleling SiC MOSFET-Based Power Modules

The main reasons for paralleling modules are technical and these reasons become more important with SiC MOSFETs for several reasons.

Infineon’s TRENCHSTOP™ IGBT7 Technology is Available in a TO-247 Housing

This article highlights Infineon Technologies AG TRENCHSTOP IGBT7 technology in a discrete housing.

Stony Brook University Researchers Develop a New Highly Efficient Conducting Material

An international team of physicists research a new material that could help create more efficient electrical conductors and change the face of…

The Biggest Announcements from Tesla’s Battery Day

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announces plans to use cobalt-free batteries, to build a new cathode plant in North America, and to introduce a $25,000 car in…

Power Integrations Targets Compact Smart-Lighting Designs with Highly Efficient GaN-Powered LYTSwitch-6 LED Drivers

These enable dimmable 90 W LED ballasts in an isolated flyback topology following a boost Power Factor Correction (PFC) stage.

Mitsubishi Electric to Launch Second-generation Full-SiC Power Modules for Industrial Use

Mitsubishi Electric features its coming launch of second-generation full-SiC (silicon carbide) power modules featuring a newly developed SiC chip…

Easy Start with CoolSiC MOSFET Technology in Drives Applications

The evaluation board integrates a 3-phase rectifier EMI filter, current sensors, and protection features as well as thermal management and heatsink.

Electronics Companies Share Quarterly Financial Results

Power electronics companies give insight into the impact of COVID-19 in their second and third-quarter earnings results.

II-VI Incorporated to Acquire Ascatron and INNOViON’s Outstanding Interests to Build SiC Platform

II-VI Incorporated will expand its silicon carbide capabilities by leveraging expertise from Ascatron and INNOViON in upcoming acquisitions later…

Delphi Technologies’ Newest EV-Based Products Initiate Industry Expansion

Delphi Technologies initiates market expansion of electric vehicle technologies through winning new business with Chinese Original Equipment…

EPC introduces two new 200 Volt eGaN Power FETs

The EPC2215 and EPC2207 sport typical RDS(ON) ’s of 6 mΩ and 22 mΩ, respectively