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SiC and GaN Systems Design Engineers no Longer “flying blind”

SiC and GaN Systems Design Engineers no Longer “flying blind”

This article highlights Tektronix IsoVu Measurement System for complete galvanic isolation from DUT and uses an electro-optic sensor to convert…


Wide Band Gap is No Mystery

Wide Band Gap is No Mystery

This article highlights Siemens AG GaN power semiconductors technology in the power electronics system design that work at higher switching…


Why You Should Use Power Stage Designer™ to Start a Power Supply Design

Why You Should Use Power Stage Designer™ to Start a Power Supply Design

This article highlights Texas Instruments Power Stage Designer as a tool quick assessment values and waveforms for commonly used power-supply…


Designing a 15ns Gate Drive Transformer

Designing a 15ns Gate Drive Transformer

This article highlights Ice Components Incorporated gate-drive transformers which used to drive the gate of Metal Oxide Field Effect Transistors…


High Efficiency IGBT M7 Chip Technology utilized in the Mid Power Package VINco E3

High Efficiency IGBT M7 Chip Technology utilized in the Mid Power Package VINco E3

This article highlights Vincotech M7 chip and the SLC package technology utilized by VINco E3 product line for an efficient and reliable mid-power…


ONE Design Equation for Custom Inductors An Introduction to Power Electronics

ONE Design Equation for Custom Inductors An Introduction to Power Electronics

Over 35 years ago, I started my career in power electronics. I completed a practical power project in my senior year in college, building a 6KV, 20kHz


Balancing Motor Control, Radiation-Tolerance, and Power Consumption in Space Applications

Balancing Motor Control, Radiation-Tolerance, and Power Consumption in Space Applications

This article highlights the importance of the highest possible reliability of the components in motor control used in space applications.


Evaluating Fringing Effects in Multi-Gapped Toroids

Evaluating Fringing Effects in Multi-Gapped Toroids

This article highlights the importance of evaluating the fringing and thermal effects of multiple gaps in toroidal cores.


Measuring Signals in the Time Domain to Understand and Design EMI Filters

Measuring Signals in the Time Domain to Understand and Design EMI Filters

This article highlights the importance of measuring the voltage and currents in the time domain to better understand and design EMI filters.


1700 V LoPak1 IGBT Power Module by Holistic Design Approach

1700 V LoPak1 IGBT Power Module by Holistic Design Approach

This article presents the LoPak1 module created through a holistic design approach and elaborated on the significant improvements of the module.


Trends in Electromagnetic Component Design: Why You Shouldn’t Underestimate Magnetic Technology

Trends in Electromagnetic Component Design: Why You Shouldn’t Underestimate Magnetic Technology

This article describes the advancements on the electromagnetic components' designs, analysis, simulations, cores and wires


Accelerating Custom Capacitor Design with Simulation Applications

Accelerating Custom Capacitor Design with Simulation Applications

This article highlights how simulation apps can help evaluate the effects of heat in capacitors and optimize custom capacitor design.


IPM Cost Benchmarks

IPM Cost Benchmarks

This article describes the benefits of using highly integrated intelligent power modules which reduces size and assembly time on embedded drive…


System-Simulation for Virtual Power Modules

System-Simulation for Virtual Power Modules

This article highlights the importance of simulation in designing and optimization of power modules and its advantages over conventional evaluation.


Magnetics Design  Simple or Complex

Magnetics Design Simple or Complex

This article highlights the importance of practical design as well as theory to fully utilize the advantages brought about by magnetics.


Effectiveness of Phase Correction When Evaluating High-Efficiency Motor Drive

Effectiveness of Phase Correction When Evaluating High-Efficiency Motor Drive

This article discusses the characteristics of inverter output waveforms to outline requirements for power measuring instruments.


Optimizing the Thermal Performance of Power Electronics

Optimizing the Thermal Performance of Power Electronics

This article discusses the importance of thermal management and simulation in power electronics systems that demands very high power loads.


A New Approach to Superjunction MOSFETs

A New Approach to Superjunction MOSFETs

This article highlights the new approach of adding wafer-level configurability to high-voltage superjunction MOSFETs for power supplies.


Modeling Thermal Behavior of IGBT Modules in Conversion Equipment

Modeling Thermal Behavior of IGBT Modules in Conversion Equipment

This article describes research of Proton-Electrotex, JSC in modeling thermal behavior of IGBT modules in conversion equipment.


Advanced Si-IGBT Chip Design for Maximum Overall System Performance

Advanced Si-IGBT Chip Design for Maximum Overall System Performance

This article discusses the improvements brought by equipping sense emitter feature and on-chip temperature sensor to Si-IGBT modules.