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BAK Motors Selects McLaren Applied’s 800 V SiC Inverter For Its Solid-state Hydrogen Hybrid Hyper-car

BAK Motors Selects McLaren Applied’s 800 V SiC Inverter For Its Solid-state Hydrogen Hybrid Hyper-car

Under the agreement, announced March 3, McLaren Applied will supply an E-motor and its IPG5 SiC inverter to BAK, for use in its new über-luxury…


News Mar 18, 2022 by Ian Hahn
Report: Solar Power & Battery Storage to Account For 60% of Upcoming Electric Capacity Additions

Report: Solar Power & Battery Storage to Account For 60% of Upcoming Electric Capacity Additions

The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that solar power and battery storage will account for 60% of new generating capacity additions…


News Mar 18, 2022 by Shannon Cuthrell
Alpha and Omega Debuts Two New 600 V Super Junction MOSFETs Featuring RDS(ON)s of 110 and 140 mΩ

Alpha and Omega Debuts Two New 600 V Super Junction MOSFETs Featuring RDS(ON)s of 110 and 140 mΩ

Taking up a scant 64 mm2 with a height of 0.9 mm in DFN8x8 packages, the new devices are aimed at meeting today’s demands for high efficiency and…


 CUI Introduces 150 W and 200 W DC/DC Converters Aimed at Data Processing and Industrial Applications

CUI Introduces 150 W and 200 W DC/DC Converters Aimed at Data Processing and Industrial Applications

The two new series, featuring single isolated outputs and offering efficiencies of up to 91%, join CUI’s established PRQ line.


McLaren Applied Unveils the Production Intent Design of its Racing-inspired 800 V Silicon Carbide Inverter

McLaren Applied Unveils the Production Intent Design of its Racing-inspired 800 V Silicon Carbide Inverter

Introduced March 2 at the UK’s Future Propulsion Conference 2022 (FPC2022), the inverter delivers 350 kW peak and 250 kW continuous for powering…


News Mar 15, 2022 by Gary Elinoff
EV Charging While We Drive? Research Paves the Way for Unlimited Range

EV Charging While We Drive? Research Paves the Way for Unlimited Range

Researchers at Cornell University, through dynamic capacitive charging, aim to reduce the size of EV batteries by 90%. Embedding charging plates in…


News Mar 14, 2022 by Dale Wilson
Honeywell to Provide Energy Storage System for Upcoming New Mexico Solar Project

Honeywell to Provide Energy Storage System for Upcoming New Mexico Solar Project

Honeywell will supply the energy storage system to Hecate Energy, whose 50-megawatt solar farm in northern New Mexico is slated to open this fall.


News Mar 11, 2022 by Shannon Cuthrell
Redwood Materials Launches First EV-battery Recycling Program in California

Redwood Materials Launches First EV-battery Recycling Program in California

Backed by hundreds of millions in funding and with support from the likes of Ford and Volvo, Redwood will seek to prepare the state for an…


News Mar 11, 2022 by Stephanie Leonida
Altair Acquires Powersim, Enhances its Power Electronics Solutions

Altair Acquires Powersim, Enhances its Power Electronics Solutions

With the acquisition, Altair rounds out its electronic motor design offerings and furthers its expansion into the power electronics space, where…


News Mar 09, 2022 by Stephanie Leonida
Kyocera AVX Acquires ROHM’s Entire Tantalum and Polymer Capacitor Line

Kyocera AVX Acquires ROHM’s Entire Tantalum and Polymer Capacitor Line

The final agreement calls for ROHM to transfer all relevant intellectual property and manufacturing assets to Kyocera AVX by August 5, 2022.


News Mar 09, 2022 by Gary Elinoff
Protecting the Health of the Battery: The Importance of Rugged Design and the BMS

Protecting the Health of the Battery: The Importance of Rugged Design and the BMS

With the growing rise in the use of batteries for a range of applications, it is crucial that the battery is designed in a manner that protects the…


Teledyne e2v HiRel’s New 650 V, 60 A GaN HEMTs are Space-screened at NASA’s Top Assurance Level

Teledyne e2v HiRel’s New 650 V, 60 A GaN HEMTs are Space-screened at NASA’s Top Assurance Level

The two new transistors are tested through NASA’s Level 1 screening flow, its most stringent set, and can be qualified to NASA’s full Level 1…


The Interleaved Inverting Charge Pump - Part 1: A Topology for Low Noise Negative Voltage Supplies

The Interleaved Inverting Charge Pump - Part 1: A Topology for Low Noise Negative Voltage Supplies

Analog Devices offers a wide variety of solutions for producing low noise power. Most of these solutions are designed to produce positive voltage…


Teledyne e2v HiRel Releases a 100 V Transistor Driver for 20 MHz FET and GaN Transistors

Teledyne e2v HiRel Releases a 100 V Transistor Driver for 20 MHz FET and GaN Transistors

The radiation-tolerant device is available in a space-saving flip chip die, and is aimed at driving the company’s 100 V gallium nitride (GaN)…


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…


Researchers Optimize the EV Battery Recycling Process

Researchers Optimize the EV Battery Recycling Process

Researchers at the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, employed a combination of pyrolysis and sulfuric acid leaching to efficiently extract…


News Mar 07, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Alpha and Omega Unveils a Wireless Charging Solution for 50 Watt Applications

Alpha and Omega Unveils a Wireless Charging Solution for 50 Watt Applications

The AOZ32034AQV from Alpha and Omega Semiconductor is a highly integrated half-bridge power stage that lowers both the BOM and design time for…


How To Design Reliable Multilevel Bridgeless Totem-pole PFC

How To Design Reliable Multilevel Bridgeless Totem-pole PFC

This article discusses key design guidelines to implement safe operating conditions for power switches, enabling delivery of higher reliability and…


Biden Administration Seeks to Juice Up the EV Transition with Nearly $8 Billion in Funding

Biden Administration Seeks to Juice Up the EV Transition with Nearly $8 Billion in Funding

To build a robust national charging network and strengthen the U.S advanced battery supply chain, the Departments of Transportation and Energy will…


News Mar 04, 2022 by Stephanie Leonida
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…