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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…


KEMET Says its New Three-phase EMI-RFI Filters Feature Industry-best Efficiency

KEMET Says its New Three-phase EMI-RFI Filters Feature Industry-best Efficiency

The company’s fresh GTX series, measuring 250 x 120 mm, marks a 50% improvement in volumetric efficiency over competing devices, KEMET says.


Technical Q&A: Inside ABB’s MV Switchgear Testing

Technical Q&A: Inside ABB’s MV Switchgear Testing

What makes ABB’s climatic test chamber for energized MV switchgear so extreme? EE Power asked ABB’s engineering team to bring you the answers.


Designing Electronics to Pass the EMC Test Part 2

Designing Electronics to Pass the EMC Test Part 2

Part 1 discussed the conductive emission loop during a typical CE test. Part 2 will examine how to use this information to reduce the emission at…


Scania, Keysight Partner on Electric Truck Battery Testing

Scania, Keysight Partner on Electric Truck Battery Testing

The electric truck manufacturer, part of the Volkswagen Group, selected Keysight’s battery test technology as the foundation for its battery…


News Jul 06, 2022 by Gary Elinoff
New ML-based Approach for Faster Battery Testing

New ML-based Approach for Faster Battery Testing

Researchers at the University of Michigan found a new machine learning-based approach that reduces the battery testing time by 75%.


News Jul 02, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Power Module Dynamic Test Solution Suitable Also for WBG Devices

Power Module Dynamic Test Solution Suitable Also for WBG Devices

Evaluation of power modules is important for power electronics engineers, as well as power module manufacturers, to design efficient, small form…


Achieving Fast Load-Transient Response and Low EMI with the AECM DC/DC Control Topology

Achieving Fast Load-Transient Response and Low EMI with the AECM DC/DC Control Topology

No single control topology is a good fit for all applications. Designers requiring low electromagnetic interference (EMI) and fast load-transient…


Optimized Sigma-Delta Modulated Current Measurement for Motor Control – Part 1

Optimized Sigma-Delta Modulated Current Measurement for Motor Control – Part 1

This article is Part 1 in a series of two. It discusses demodulation of sigma-delta coded data using sinc filters in a motor control application.…


Transformer Inspection and Testing

Transformer Inspection and Testing

Installing a transformer is more than just connecting the wires, according to the wiring diagram. The first part of the installation process…


Automotive EMC-Compliant Reverse-Battery Protection with Ideal-Diode Controllers

Automotive EMC-Compliant Reverse-Battery Protection with Ideal-Diode Controllers

Given the emergence of new trends in automotive electronics such as autonomous driving and car infotainment systems, system designers are facing…


Speeding up the Design of EMI Filters for Switch-Mode Power Supplies

Speeding up the Design of EMI Filters for Switch-Mode Power Supplies

Switch-mode power supplies are used throughout modern electronics systems mainly because of their high efficiency power conversion. One side effect…


KEMET Introduces the Smallest EMI X2 Film Capacitor Solution for Harsh Environments

KEMET Introduces the Smallest EMI X2 Film Capacitor Solution for Harsh Environments

R53 film capacitor is miniaturized, AEC-Q200 qualified and has the highest IEC robustness classification for applications requiring the highest…


Types of Non-Contact Testing Instruments

Types of Non-Contact Testing Instruments

There are test instruments that can sense voltages and currents without having to make electrical contact with the circuit under test. Several…


Toshiba’s 40 Volt, Low-Spike-Type Power MOSFET Aims to Reduce EMI

Toshiba’s 40 Volt, Low-Spike-Type Power MOSFET Aims to Reduce EMI

The N-Channel device’s low-spike capability serves to diminish overshoot in power switching applications.


EMC Components: TDK offers miniaturized, high performance thin-film common-mode filters for mobile devices

EMC Components: TDK offers miniaturized, high performance thin-film common-mode filters for mobile devices

TDK’s wide array of products meets the needs for common filters for high-speed differential signal lines, including for USB, MIPI and HDMI.


Keysight Introduces SiC-Based 1500V Battery Pack Test Systems

Keysight Introduces SiC-Based 1500V Battery Pack Test Systems

The new test systems offer power options of up to 270 KW, with capabilities of up to 1.5 MW upon parallelization.


Schaffner Introduces FN3271 EMC-filter for Machinery and Robotics

Schaffner Introduces FN3271 EMC-filter for Machinery and Robotics

Schaffner's FN3271 offers an ideal solution for EMC challenges, where the impedance at the connection to the noise source is high (> 100 Ohm).


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.


Research Group to Begin Testing Floating Photovoltaic Systems

Research Group to Begin Testing Floating Photovoltaic Systems

RWE, Fraunhofer ISE, and BTU are joining to perform long-term tests on new photovoltaic system designs in which the PV panels swim above water.