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Power Electronics and Power Systems: The Importance of Power Engineering and Power Electronics

Power Electronics and Power Systems: The Importance of Power Engineering and Power Electronics

Power electronics engineering, while maybe not as popular as other forms of engineering, is of great importance to the world around us —…


Power Electronics in ICT Systems: The Importance of Power Engineering and Power Electronics

Power Electronics in ICT Systems: The Importance of Power Engineering and Power Electronics

Power engineering and electronics, while maybe not as popular as other forms of engineering, is of great importance to the world around us…


65 Years of HVDC

65 Years of HVDC

This article discusses the history of HVDC and its progress being stronger, smarter, and greener grid and boosting the transition towards renewables.


Power Meets Medicine: The Importance of Power Engineering and Power Electronics

Power Meets Medicine: The Importance of Power Engineering and Power Electronics

Power engineering and electronics, while maybe not as popular as other forms of engineering, is of great importance to the world around us…


The Importance of Power Engineering and Power Electronics: A Brief History

The Importance of Power Engineering and Power Electronics: A Brief History

Power engineering and electronics, while maybe not as popular as other forms of engineering, is of great importance to the world around us and has…


The Journey From One to a Million HiPaks

The Journey From One to a Million HiPaks

The history of the Swiss and Swedish companies that became ABB reflects the history of power electronics in both countries. In Switzerland, Charles…


Redefining Power Conversion

Redefining Power Conversion

Beyond just performance and cost improvement, the most significant opportunity for GaN technology to impact the power conversion market comes from…


tech insights May 11, 2020 by Alex Lidow
Materials Science Changes the Electronics World: An Interview with Dr. Andy Mackie of Indium Corporation

Materials Science Changes the Electronics World: An Interview with Dr. Andy Mackie of Indium Corporation

Dr. Andy Mackie, Senior Product Manager of Semiconductor and Advanced Assembly Materials at Indium Corporation talks about the company as a premier…


Powering the Wearables Market: An Interview with Andrew Baker of Maxim Integrated

Powering the Wearables Market: An Interview with Andrew Baker of Maxim Integrated

Maxim Integrated’s healthcare unit looks to make wearables more powerful and medically useful for consumers.


Optimizing Energy: An interview with Peter Kamp of EcoCircuits

Optimizing Energy: An interview with Peter Kamp of EcoCircuits

In this interview, EcoCircuits CEO Peter Kamp spoke with EE Power Editor Hailey Stewart about optimizing chips for the energy management field and…


Developing Next Generation Energy Management: An Interview with Huw Davies of Trameto

Developing Next Generation Energy Management: An Interview with Huw Davies of Trameto

In this interview, Trameto CEO Huw Davies spoke with EE Power Editor Hailey Stewart about working with Silicon Catalyst as a young company in the…


Finding Solutions in Silicon: An Interview with Richard Curtin of Silicon Catalyst

Finding Solutions in Silicon: An Interview with Richard Curtin of Silicon Catalyst

In this interview, EE Power editor Hailey Stewart spoke with Silicon Catalyst Managing Partner Richard Curtin about how silicon-based startup…


Partnering in SiC MOSFETS to Deliver Automotive and Industrial Solutions

Partnering in SiC MOSFETS to Deliver Automotive and Industrial Solutions

An interview with Dr. Rainer Käsmaier about SiC-based products in the rapidly growing power semiconductor market.


Fast High Energy Discharge in Xenon Flashing Beacons

Fast High Energy Discharge in Xenon Flashing Beacons

Xenon flashing beacons manufactured by WERMA Signaltechnik GmbH use special discharge capacitors from FTCAP (part of the Mersen Group).


Innovative Power Capacitor Technologies Support SiC and GaN in DC Link

Innovative Power Capacitor Technologies Support SiC and GaN in DC Link

At its annual Technologies & Products Press Conference 2019 in Munich, TDK managers Dr. Lucia Cabo and Fernando Rodríguez presented film…


The Benefits of 3Level Topologies in Combination with 7th  Generation IGBT Technology

The Benefits of 3Level Topologies in Combination with 7th Generation IGBT Technology

Over the past few months, SEMIKRON has introduced 950V and 1200V Generation 7 IGBTs from two different manufacturers.


WBG Semiconductors to Take Spotlight at Power Electronics Conference

WBG Semiconductors to Take Spotlight at Power Electronics Conference

Power electronics is rapidly moving to wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors as the gateways to more efficient designs for a host of high growth…


Diversifying Test and Measurement: An Interview with Kaitlyn Franz of Digilent

Diversifying Test and Measurement: An Interview with Kaitlyn Franz of Digilent

In this interview, EE Power editor Hailey Stewart discussed one of Digilent’s most popular mixed-signal USB oscilloscopes with Test and…


Innovative Driver Solutions for all Power Semiconductors: An interview with Rob Weber of AgileSwitch

Innovative Driver Solutions for all Power Semiconductors: An interview with Rob Weber of AgileSwitch

A VIP-Interview with Rob Weber, CEO of AgileSwitch LLC, about the company’s focus on Industrial and Transportation applications.


Artificial Intelligence in Power Electronics

Artificial Intelligence in Power Electronics

Next Generation of Magnetic Components As an electronics engineer, I don´t work for the earnings but for seeing the circuits working. In this…