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Power Module Design for Automotive and CAV Traction Drives

Power Module Design for Automotive and CAV Traction Drives

This article highlights Infineon Technologies North America Power Module designs that illustrate the importance of a holistic design approach.


Innovative 7in1 IGBT Packages for Scalable and Easy Design of Industrial Drives and Inverters

Innovative 7in1 IGBT Packages for Scalable and Easy Design of Industrial Drives and Inverters

This article introduces Mitsubishi Electric's NX-Series 7-in-1 IGBT Modules and its benefits in terms of footprint and scalability.


An Introduction to Utilizing the AVSBus Interface in Power Design

An Introduction to Utilizing the AVSBus Interface in Power Design

This article discusses the advantages and benefits of AVSBus, a protocol for DVFS for faster clock speed and lesser switching losses.


Design Methodology for First Pass Success: A rationale for hardware simulation

Design Methodology for First Pass Success: A rationale for hardware simulation

This article highlights the importance of modelling and simulation task in design methodology to reduce the number of design iterations and acquire…


Simplify Power Electronics Design with GaN Power ICs

Simplify Power Electronics Design with GaN Power ICs

This article highlights Gallium Nitride's (GAN) advantages over silicon in terms of performance to finally displace silicon in power devices.


Silicon and GaN Transistor Comparison: Optimized Inverter Design

Silicon and GaN Transistor Comparison: Optimized Inverter Design

This article highlights the advantages of GaN E-HMET from GaN Systems over the conventional silicon-based IGBT and MOSFET inverter solutions.


Reference Design for Inverters: First integrated solution for e-mobility and industry

Reference Design for Inverters: First integrated solution for e-mobility and industry

This article discusses the TDK and Infineon's new integrated solution for inverters for e-mobility power trains and industrial applications.


Advantages of the 1200 V SiC Schottky Diode with MPS Design

Advantages of the 1200 V SiC Schottky Diode with MPS Design

This article describes how consistent innovations in device design and assembly techniques improve performance, reliability and cost position of…


Biricha Lecture Notes on Analog and Digital Power Supply Design Part 2D

Biricha Lecture Notes on Analog and Digital Power Supply Design Part 2D

This article discusses the reasons why Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) controller is not best suited for stabilising most switch-mode power…


Incorporating Magnetic Saturation of a PMSM for Drive Systems Modeling in PLECS

Incorporating Magnetic Saturation of a PMSM for Drive Systems Modeling in PLECS

This article discusses the flux-based PMSM models incorporating saturation using analytical functions and look-up tables and offers tips on the…


Adding Flexibility to ACDC Power Supply Design that Uses PFCLLC Topology

Adding Flexibility to ACDC Power Supply Design that Uses PFCLLC Topology

This article discusses the advantages of PFC/LLC Combo controller and their key features and benefits in adding flexibility to power supply designs.


Enhanced Module Design Makes Most of New IGBT5 Performance

Enhanced Module Design Makes Most of New IGBT5 Performance

This article highlights Infineon Technologies AG PrimePACK 3+ package that extends the current range of the PrimePACK series to 1800 A with .XT…


Biricha Lecture Notes on Analog and Digital Power Supply Design Part 2C

Biricha Lecture Notes on Analog and Digital Power Supply Design Part 2C

This article discusses how to design a compensator for all hard switched forward type peak current mode converters without optocoupler feedback.


Numerical Modeling in Design  for Reliability of Power Modules

Numerical Modeling in Design for Reliability of Power Modules

This article sums up relevant failure modes as well as their causes and explains how numerical modelling can support design processes of development.


Biricha Lecture Notes on Analog  and Digital Power Supply Design Part 2B

Biricha Lecture Notes on Analog and Digital Power Supply Design Part 2B

This article highlights Biricha Digital Power Ltd voltage mode compensator design for all hard switched Forward type non-isolated voltage mode…


Effective Design Techniques for Signal and Power Supply Isolation

Effective Design Techniques for Signal and Power Supply Isolation

This article discusses effective design for signal and isolated power supply and gives important key points functions to consider for each design.


Magnetics Design Tool for Power Applications

Magnetics Design Tool for Power Applications

This article discusses the features of the free app, SOFT Power, for simulations such as hysteresis modelling for reliable design of power…


Webbased Simulation Tool to Simplify IGBT Selection and Thermal Design in Minutes

Webbased Simulation Tool to Simplify IGBT Selection and Thermal Design in Minutes

This article introduces the features and benefits of the IGBT WebSim, a new web-based simulation feature in International Rectifier's website.


Biricha Lecture Notes on Analog and Digital Power Supply Design Part 1C

Biricha Lecture Notes on Analog and Digital Power Supply Design Part 1C

This article discusses the transfer functions and role in helping engineers in designing circuits in the frequency domain, shaping the…


The Nichols Chart  the Practical Tool for Design and Test

The Nichols Chart the Practical Tool for Design and Test

This article presented the Nichols Chart, invented by Nathaniel Nichols in 1947, as the superior practical method for feedback loop design and test.