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7th Gen Fast Recovery Diode Enabling Full Performance of Modern IGBTs

7th Gen Fast Recovery Diode Enabling Full Performance of Modern IGBTs

With 7th gen IGBTs, switching speed limits shift from the transistor to the fast recovery diode. As IGBTs improve, this diode becomes the key…


Isolation Barrier Stress and Partial Discharge in Gate Drivers

Isolation Barrier Stress and Partial Discharge in Gate Drivers

Fast transients can push the gate driver isolation past its normal limits. This can cause partial discharge and, over time, lead to insulation…


A Three-Phase 3-level Flying Capacitor DC-AC Converter Based on GaN FETs

A Three-Phase 3-level Flying Capacitor DC-AC Converter Based on GaN FETs

This article examines the deployment of gallium nitride (GaN) field-effect transistors (FETs) featuring integrated gate drivers in a three-phase…


Gate Driver Failure in High dv/dt Converters

Gate Driver Failure in High dv/dt Converters

High dv/dt switching can make gate drivers a point of failure. Parasitic coupling and false turn-on may cause unwanted switching and put extra…


Third Generation SiC MOSFETs for Highly Efficient EV Drivetrains

Third Generation SiC MOSFETs for Highly Efficient EV Drivetrains

Learn how Bosch’s Gen3 SiC MOSFETs boost EV drivetrain performance. Its new trench architecture delivers 20% lower resistance and 10% lower…


More Power, More Tokens: How SSTs Are Reshaping Data Center Infrastructure

More Power, More Tokens: How SSTs Are Reshaping Data Center Infrastructure

The transition from AC distribution to the 800 V DC architecture is reshaping the data center power infrastructure, boosting token generation and…


Improving Efficiency and Thermal Margin in a 204 W Quarter-Brick Converter Using a 150 V MOSFET

Improving Efficiency and Thermal Margin in a 204 W Quarter-Brick Converter Using a 150 V MOSFET

Learn how 150 V SuperQ MOSFETs boost 204 W converter efficiency greater than 0.8%, cut heat by 2 W, and lower peak temps by 31°C. They improve…


Enhanced Power Module for PV and PCS/ESS Applications

Enhanced Power Module for PV and PCS/ESS Applications

In this article, we present two key module-based technologies that further improve inverter performance—robust silicon nitride (Si3N4) substrate…


Isolated DC-DC Power Supplies: Module or Discrete Design?

Isolated DC-DC Power Supplies: Module or Discrete Design?

When is a fully integrated module the better option, and when does a discrete design offer the greater advantage? This story discusses the major…


Technical Articles May 27, 2026 by RECOM
Mean Well Serves Up 6 kW and 12 kW Energy Storage Inverters

Mean Well Serves Up 6 kW and 12 kW Energy Storage Inverters

The single-phase and three-phase inverters target high-efficiency residential and commercial photovoltaic applications with flexible grid-tied and…


new products May 19, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Reverse Recovery Charge Is Not a Constant

Reverse Recovery Charge Is Not a Constant

Reverse recovery charge, QRR, is one of those parameters most power engineers know well. It appears prominently in MOSFET datasheets, it finds its…


800 V SiC Power Module With Integrated Current Measurement

800 V SiC Power Module With Integrated Current Measurement

Take an integrated PCB-based power module and combine it with coreless current sensing. This story describes how it can deliver a compact,…


An Enhanced TO-247 Package Significantly Lowers SiC MOSFET Temperature

An Enhanced TO-247 Package Significantly Lowers SiC MOSFET Temperature

ISOMOS from Analog Power Conversion, LLC, (APC-E)/Luminus [1] improves on the thermal performance of the popular TO-247 package used in many…


STMicro Adds 100 W Monolithic GaN Converters to VIPerGaN Family

STMicro Adds 100 W Monolithic GaN Converters to VIPerGaN Family

The two flyback converters integrate a 700 V GaN transistor, gate driver, and controller in a single 5 mm x 6 mm package, targeting appliances and…


new products May 13, 2026 by Luke James
Solution-based Manufacturing Platform for Advanced WBG Technologies

Solution-based Manufacturing Platform for Advanced WBG Technologies

Learn how Sanan offers a solution-based, vertically integrated manufacturing platform for advanced SiC/GaN WBG technologies, enabling faster…


Modern AC Electric System Blackouts Hypothesis

Modern AC Electric System Blackouts Hypothesis

Growing renewable power sources—PV, WECS, EV charging—are changing the electric power system. This article investigates recent Southern…


Toshiba Launches Photovoltaic Photocoupler for High Voltage SSR

Toshiba Launches Photovoltaic Photocoupler for High Voltage SSR

Toshiba's TLX9920 eliminates the secondary power supply in MOSFET gate drive circuits, delivering 5000 VRMS isolation in a compact SO6L package.


STMicroelectronics Launches Dual GaN Half-Bridge Gate Drivers

STMicroelectronics Launches Dual GaN Half-Bridge Gate Drivers

The STDRIVEG212 and STDRIVEG612 bring fast switching and smart shutdown to motion control and power conversion applications.


new products Apr 21, 2026 by Luke James
Meeting Compact Inverter Design Demand With Small Size While Maintaining Insulation Distance

Meeting Compact Inverter Design Demand With Small Size While Maintaining Insulation Distance

In recent years, power density of a power inverter stages are increasing by providing low power losses as well as compact size so that the demand…


Infineon Intros ‘Virtual Oscilloscope’ for Digital Power Conversion

Infineon Intros ‘Virtual Oscilloscope’ for Digital Power Conversion

EEPower met with Infineon at Embedded World 2026 to learn about the ModusTooblox Power Suite, which bundles power conversion libraries, a PMBus…


new products Apr 13, 2026 by Luke James